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24.Dd June 8, 2000
25.Dt SEM_POST 2
26.Os Darwin
27.Sh NAME
28.Nm sem_post
29.Nd unlock a semaphore
30.Sh SYNOPSIS
31.Fd #include <semaphore.h>
32.Ft int
33.Fn sem_post "sem_t *sem"
34.Sh DESCRIPTION
35The the semaphore referenced by
36.Fa sem
37is unlocked, the value of the semaphore is incremented, and all
38threads which are waiting on the semaphore are awakened.
39.Pp
40.Fn sem_post
41is reentrant with respect to signals and may be called from within a
42signal hanlder.
43.Pp
44If successful,
45.Fn sem_post
46will return 0. Otherwise, -1 is returned and
47.Va errno
48is set.
49.Sh ERRORS
50.Fn sem_post
51succeeds unless:
52.Bl -tag -width Er
53.It Bq Er EINVAL
54.Fa sem
55is not a valid semaphore descriptor.
56.El
57.Sh SEE ALSO
58.Xr semctl 2 ,
59.Xr semget 2 ,
60.Xr semop 2 ,
61.Xr sem_open 2 ,
62.Xr sem_trywait 2 ,
63.Xr sem_wait 2
64.Sh HISTORY
65.Fn sem_post
66is specified in the POSIX Realtime Extension (1003.1b-1993/1003.1i-1995).