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