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1 | .\" $Darwin$ |
| 2 | .\" | |
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| 23 | .Dd June 8, 2000 | |
| 24 | .Dt SEM_POST 2 | |
| 25 | .Os Darwin | |
| 26 | .Sh NAME | |
| 27 | .Nm sem_post | |
| 28 | .Nd unlock a semaphore | |
| 29 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 30 | .Fd #include <semaphore.h> | |
| 31 | .Ft int | |
| 32 | .Fn sem_post "sem_t *sem" | |
| 33 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 34 | The semaphore referenced by | |
| 35 | .Fa sem | |
| 36 | is unlocked, the value of the semaphore is incremented, and all | |
| 37 | threads which are waiting on the semaphore are awakened. | |
| 38 | .Pp | |
| 39 | .Fn sem_post | |
| 40 | is reentrant with respect to signals and may be called from within a | |
| 41 | signal hanlder. | |
| 42 | .Pp | |
| 43 | If successful, | |
| 44 | .Fn sem_post | |
| 45 | will return 0. Otherwise, -1 is returned and | |
| 46 | .Va errno | |
| 47 | is set. | |
| 48 | .Sh ERRORS | |
| 49 | .Fn sem_post | |
| 50 | succeeds unless: | |
| 51 | .Bl -tag -width Er | |
| 52 | .It Bq Er EINVAL | |
| 53 | .Fa sem | |
| 54 | is not a valid semaphore descriptor. | |
| 55 | .El | |
| 56 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| 57 | .Xr sem_open 2 , | |
| 58 | .Xr sem_trywait 2 , | |
| 59 | .Xr sem_wait 2 , | |
| 60 | .Xr semctl 2 , | |
| 61 | .Xr semget 2 , | |
| 62 | .Xr semop 2 | |
| 63 | .Sh HISTORY | |
| 64 | .Fn sem_post | |
| 65 | is specified in the POSIX Realtime Extension (1003.1b-1993/1003.1i-1995). |