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- .\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
- .\" $Header: /private/postgres/ref/unix/RCS/ipcclean,v 1.6 1992/07/13 03:45:59 ptong Exp $
- .SP IPCCLEAN UNIX 6/14/90
- .XA 1 "ipcclean"
- .uh NAME
- .lp
- ipcclean \*- clean up shared memory and semaphores from aborted backends
- .uh SYNOPSIS
- .lp
- .(l
- \fBipcclean\fR
- .)l
- .uh DESCRIPTION
- .lp
- Ipcclean cleans up shared memory and semaphore space from aborted backends.
- Only the DBA should execute this program, as it can cause bizarre behavior
- if run during multi-user execution. This program should be ran if errors
- such as \fBsemget: No space left on device\fR are encountered in starting up
- programs like the Postmaster or \*(PP backend.
- .pp
- .uh BUGS
- .lp
- If this command is run while a Postmaster or backend is running, the shared
- memory and semaphores allocated by the postmaster will be deleted. This will
- result in a general failure of the backends which are currently running.
-