sem_close(3) Library Functions Manual sem_close(3) NAME sem_close - close a named semaphore LIBRARY POSIX threads library (libpthread, -lpthread) SYNOPSIS #include <semaphore.h> int sem_close(sem_t *sem); DESCRIPTION sem_close() closes the named semaphore referred to by sem, allowing any resources that the system has allocated to the calling process for this semaphore to be freed. RETURN VALUE On success sem_close() returns 0; on error, -1 is returned, with errno set to indicate the error. ERRORS EINVAL sem is not a valid semaphore. ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see at- tributes(7). ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │sem_close() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘ STANDARDS POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. NOTES All open named semaphores are automatically closed on process termina- tion, or upon execve(2). SEE ALSO sem_getvalue(3), sem_open(3), sem_post(3), sem_unlink(3), sem_wait(3), sem_overview(7) Linux man-pages 6.03 2022-12-15 sem_close(3)
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