#!/usr/bin/perl -l use strict; use warnings; use IPC::SysV qw(IPC_CREAT IPC_RMID); $| = 1; my $key = int( rand(900) ) + 5; my $size = 100; my $id = shmget( $key, $size, &IPC_CREAT | 0777 ); print "creating shm key $id"; print "flushing shm key $id"; shmctl( $id, IPC_RMID, 1 );