SEM_UNLINK

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2014-02-26
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NAME

sem_unlink - remove a named semaphore  

SYNOPSIS

#include <semaphore.h>

int sem_unlink(const char *name);

Link with -pthread.  

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
name was too long.
ENOENT
There is no semaphore with the given name.
 

ATTRIBUTES

 

Multithreading (see pthreads(7))

The sem_unlink() function is thread-safe.  

CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1-2001.  

SEE ALSO

sem_getvalue(3), sem_open(3), sem_post(3), sem_wait(3), sem_overview(7)


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
ATTRIBUTES
Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
CONFORMING TO
SEE ALSO

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