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29.Dd February 15, 2000
30.Dt SEM_INIT 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm sem_init
34.Nd initialize an unnamed semaphore
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libc

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66.Sh RETURN VALUES
67.Rv -std sem_init
68.Sh ERRORS
69The
70.Fn sem_init
71function will fail if:
72.Bl -tag -width Er
73.It Bq Er EINVAL
30.Dd February 15, 2000
31.Dt SEM_INIT 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm sem_init
35.Nd initialize an unnamed semaphore
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libc

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67.Sh RETURN VALUES
68.Rv -std sem_init
69.Sh ERRORS
70The
71.Fn sem_init
72function will fail if:
73.Bl -tag -width Er
74.It Bq Er EINVAL
75The
74.Fa value
76.Fa value
75exceeds SEM_VALUE_MAX.
77argument exceeds
78.Dv SEM_VALUE_MAX .
76.It Bq Er ENOSPC
77Memory allocation error.
78.It Bq Er EPERM
79Unable to initialize a shared semaphore.
80.El
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr sem_destroy 3 ,
83.Xr sem_post 3 ,

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90function conforms to
91.St -p1003.1-96 .
92.Pp
93This implementation does not support shared semaphores, and reports this fact
94by setting
95.Va errno
96to
97.Er EPERM .
79.It Bq Er ENOSPC
80Memory allocation error.
81.It Bq Er EPERM
82Unable to initialize a shared semaphore.
83.El
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr sem_destroy 3 ,
86.Xr sem_post 3 ,

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93function conforms to
94.St -p1003.1-96 .
95.Pp
96This implementation does not support shared semaphores, and reports this fact
97by setting
98.Va errno
99to
100.Er EPERM .
98This is perhaps a stretch of the intention of POSIX, but is
101This is perhaps a stretch of the intention of
102.Tn POSIX ,
103but is
99compliant, with the caveat that
100.Fn sem_init
101always reports a permissions error when an attempt to create a shared semaphore
102is made.
104compliant, with the caveat that
105.Fn sem_init
106always reports a permissions error when an attempt to create a shared semaphore
107is made.