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1 | .\" $Darwin$ |
| 2 | .\" | |
| 3 | .\" Wilfredo Sanchez, wsanchez@apple.com | |
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| 24 | .Dd June 8, 2000 | |
| 25 | .Dt SEM_CLOSE 2 | |
| 26 | .Os Darwin | |
| 27 | .Sh NAME | |
| 28 | .Nm sem_close | |
| 29 | .Nd close a named semaphore | |
| 30 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 31 | .Fd #include <semaphore.h> | |
| 32 | .Ft int | |
| 33 | .Fn sem_close "sem_t *sem" | |
| 34 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 35 | The system resources associated with the named semaphore referenced by | |
| 36 | .Fa sem | |
| 37 | are deallocated and the descriptor is invalidated. | |
| 38 | .Pp | |
| 39 | If successful, | |
| 40 | .Fn sem_close | |
| 41 | will return 0. Otherwise, -1 is returned and | |
| 42 | .Va errno | |
| 43 | is set. | |
| 44 | .Sh ERRORS | |
| 45 | .Fn sem_close | |
| 46 | succeeds unless: | |
| 47 | .Bl -tag -width Er | |
| 48 | .It Bq Er EINVAL | |
| 49 | .Fa sem | |
| 50 | is not a valid semaphore descriptor. | |
| 51 | .El | |
| 52 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| 53 | .Xr semctl 2 , | |
| 54 | .Xr semget 2 , | |
| 55 | .Xr semop 2 , | |
| 56 | .Xr sem_init 2 , | |
| 57 | .Xr sem_open 2 , | |
| 58 | .Xr sem_unlink 2 | |
| 59 | .Sh HISTORY | |
| 60 | .Fn sem_close | |
| 61 | is specified in the POSIX Realtime Extension (1003.1b-1993/1003.1i-1995). |