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| 28 | .\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc_r/man/sem_open.3,v 1.1.2.6 2001/12/17 10:08:26 ru Exp $ |
| 29 | .\" $DragonFly: src/lib/libc_r/man/sem_open.3,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:26:48 dillon Exp $ |
| 30 | .Dd February 15, 2000 |
| 31 | .Dt SEM_OPEN 3 |
| 32 | .Os |
| 33 | .Sh NAME |
| 34 | .Nm sem_open , |
| 35 | .Nm sem_close , |
| 36 | .Nm sem_unlink |
| 37 | .Nd named semaphore operations |
| 38 | .Sh LIBRARY |
| 39 | .Lb libc_r |
| 40 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| 41 | .In semaphore.h |
| 42 | .Ft sem_t * |
| 43 | .Fn sem_open "const char *name" "int oflag" "..." |
| 44 | .Ft int |
| 45 | .Fn sem_close "sem_t *sem" |
| 46 | .Ft int |
| 47 | .Fn sem_unlink "const char *name" |
| 48 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 49 | The |
| 50 | .Fn sem_open , |
| 51 | .Fn sem_close , |
| 52 | and |
| 53 | .Fn sem_unlink |
| 54 | functions are not supported by this implementation. |
| 55 | .Sh RETURN VALUES |
| 56 | .Fn sem_open |
| 57 | returns SEM_FAILED and sets |
| 58 | .Va errno |
| 59 | to indicate an error. |
| 60 | .Fn sem_close |
| 61 | and |
| 62 | .Fn sem_unlink |
| 63 | return -1 and set |
| 64 | .Va errno |
| 65 | to indicate an error. |
| 66 | .Sh ERRORS |
| 67 | .Fn sem_open , |
| 68 | .Fn sem_close , |
| 69 | and |
| 70 | .Fn sem_unlink |
| 71 | will fail: |
| 72 | .Bl -tag -width Er |
| 73 | .It Bq Er ENOSYS |
| 74 | Function not supported by this implementation. |
| 75 | .El |
| 76 | .Sh STANDARDS |
| 77 | .Fn sem_open , |
| 78 | .Fn sem_close , |
| 79 | and |
| 80 | .Fn sem_unlink |
| 81 | conform to |
| 82 | .St -p1003.1-96 . |