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30.Dd February 15, 2000
30.Dd April 16, 2013
31.Dt SEM_WAIT 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm sem_wait ,
35.Nm sem_trywait
36.Nd decrement (lock) a semaphore
37.Sh LIBRARY
38.Lb libc

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70.It Bq Er EINVAL
71The
72.Fa sem
73argument
74points to an invalid semaphore.
75.El
76.Pp
77Additionally,
31.Dt SEM_WAIT 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm sem_wait ,
35.Nm sem_trywait
36.Nd decrement (lock) a semaphore
37.Sh LIBRARY
38.Lb libc

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70.It Bq Er EINVAL
71The
72.Fa sem
73argument
74points to an invalid semaphore.
75.El
76.Pp
77Additionally,
78.Fn sem_wait
79will fail if:
80.Bl -tag -width Er
81.Pp
82.It Bq Er EINTR
83A signal interrupted this function.
84.El
85Additionally,
78.Fn sem_trywait
79will fail if:
80.Bl -tag -width Er
81.It Bq Er EAGAIN
82The semaphore value was zero, and thus could not be decremented.
83.El
84.Sh SEE ALSO
85.Xr sem_getvalue 3 ,
86.Xr sem_post 3 ,
87.Xr sem_timedwait 3 ,
88.Xr sem 4
89.Sh STANDARDS
90The
91.Fn sem_wait
92and
93.Fn sem_trywait
94functions conform to
95.St -p1003.1-96 .
86.Fn sem_trywait
87will fail if:
88.Bl -tag -width Er
89.It Bq Er EAGAIN
90The semaphore value was zero, and thus could not be decremented.
91.El
92.Sh SEE ALSO
93.Xr sem_getvalue 3 ,
94.Xr sem_post 3 ,
95.Xr sem_timedwait 3 ,
96.Xr sem 4
97.Sh STANDARDS
98The
99.Fn sem_wait
100and
101.Fn sem_trywait
102functions conform to
103.St -p1003.1-96 .