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28.\" $FreeBSD$
29.Dd February 15, 2000
30.Dt SEM_OPEN 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm sem_open ,
34.Nm sem_close ,
35.Nm sem_unlink
36.Nd named semaphore operations
37.Sh LIBRARY
38.Lb libc_r
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Fd #include <semaphore.h>
41.Ft sem_t *
42.Fn sem_open "const char *name" "int oflag" "..."
43.Ft int
44.Fn sem_close "sem_t *sem"
45.Ft int
46.Fn sem_unlink "const char *name"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn sem_open ,
50.Fn sem_close ,
51and
52.Fn sem_unlink
53functions are not supported by this implementation.
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55.Fn sem_open
56returns SEM_FAILED and sets
57.Va errno
58to indicate an error.
59.Fn sem_close
60and
61.Fn sem_unlink
62return -1 and set
63.Va errno
64to indicate an error.
65.Sh ERRORS
66.Fn sem_open ,
67.Fn sem_close ,
68and
69.Fn sem_unlink
70will fail:
71.Bl -tag -width Er
72.It Bq Er ENOSYS
73Function not supported by this implementation.
74.El
75.Sh STANDARDS
76.Fn sem_open ,
77.Fn sem_close ,
78and
79.Fn sem_unlink
80conform to ISO/IEC 9945-1 ANSI/IEEE
81.Pq Dq Tn POSIX
82Std 1003.1 1996 Edition.
83