Name
sem_unlink — remove a named semaphore
Synopsis
#include <semaphore.h>
int
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const char *name); |
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DESCRIPTION
sem_unlink() removes the
named semaphore referred to by name. The semaphore name is
removed immediately. The semaphore is destroyed once all
other processes that have the semaphore open close it.
RETURN VALUE
On success sem_unlink()
returns 0; on error, −1 is returned, with errno set to indicate the error.
ERRORS
- EACCES
-
The caller does not have permission to unlink this semaphore.
- ENAMETOOLONG
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namewas too long. - ENOENT
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There is no semaphore with the given
name.
COLOPHON
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