Thread: how to release shared memory (fork)?

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    how to release shared memory (fork)?

    I have one variable that is shared with 3 different process. i want parent to release shared memory before ending the program.

    How do i achieve this?

    Thank You.

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    Get each process to shm_unlink() the shared memory - once they have all done this, the shared memory will be released.
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