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| 460495ca | 26 | .TH SEM_UNLINK 3 2015-08-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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27 | .SH NAME |
| 28 | sem_unlink \- remove a named semaphore | |
| 29 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| 30 | .nf | |
| 31 | .B #include <semaphore.h> | |
| 32 | .sp | |
| 33 | .BI "int sem_unlink(const char *" name ); | |
| 34 | .fi | |
| fce1dd17 | 35 | .sp |
| 2c5f8c8c | 36 | Link with \fI\-pthread\fP. |
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37 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 38 | .BR sem_unlink () | |
| 39 | removes the named semaphore referred to by | |
| c030aa56 | 40 | .IR name . |
| 2c731798 | 41 | The semaphore name is removed immediately. |
| c13182ef | 42 | The semaphore is destroyed once all other processes that have |
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43 | the semaphore open close it. |
| 44 | .SH RETURN VALUE | |
| 45 | On success | |
| 46 | .BR sem_unlink () | |
| 47 | returns 0; on error, \-1 is returned, with | |
| c13182ef | 48 | .I errno |
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49 | set to indicate the error. |
| 50 | .SH ERRORS | |
| 51 | .TP | |
| 52 | .B EACCES | |
| 53 | The caller does not have permission to unlink this semaphore. | |
| 54 | .TP | |
| 55 | .B ENAMETOOLONG | |
| 0daa9e92 | 56 | .I name |
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57 | was too long. |
| 58 | .TP | |
| 59 | .B ENOENT | |
| 60 | There is no semaphore with the given | |
| 61 | .IR name . | |
| ef0a5e73 | 62 | .SH ATTRIBUTES |
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63 | For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see |
| 64 | .BR attributes (7). | |
| 65 | .TS | |
| 66 | allbox; | |
| 67 | lb lb lb | |
| 68 | l l l. | |
| 69 | Interface Attribute Value | |
| 70 | T{ | |
| ef0a5e73 | 71 | .BR sem_unlink () |
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72 | T} Thread safety MT-Safe |
| 73 | .TE | |
| 2c731798 | 74 | .SH CONFORMING TO |
| 14375f3f | 75 | POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. |
| 47297adb | 76 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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77 | .BR sem_getvalue (3), |
| 78 | .BR sem_open (3), | |
| 79 | .BR sem_post (3), | |
| 80 | .BR sem_wait (3), | |
| 81 | .BR sem_overview (7) |