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sem_getvalue

sem_getvalue(2) 						System Calls Manual						   sem_getvalue(2)

NAME

       sem_getvalue  - get the value of a POSIX semaphore

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       is used to read the value of the semaphore.  The value of the semaphore specified by sem is read, at some unspecified time during the call,
       and then stored into sval.  If the semaphore value is <= 0, at that time, the semaphore is considered unavailable.  If the semaphore  value
       is > 0, at that time, the semaphore is considered available.

       If  sval  is positive, it is equal to the number of locks available on the semaphore, at the time the semaphore value was read.	If sval is
       negative, its absolute value is equal to the number of blocked threads waiting for the semaphore to become available, at the time the sema-
       phore value was read.

       If  the	specified semaphore referred to by sem is a named semaphore, then this semaphore must have been opened by the calling process with
       and the process must have read permission on this semaphore.

       To use this function, link in the realtime library by specifying on the compiler or linker command line.

EXAMPLES

       The following call to will read the value of  the semaphore sem and store it in sval.

RETURN VALUE

       A successful call to will return 0.  Otherwise, the call to will return -1 with errno set to the appropriate value of the error condition.

ERRORS

       fails and does not perform the requested operation if any of the following conditions are encountered:

	      [EPERM]	     The calling process does not have the privileges necessary to read the semaphore.

	      [EINVAL]	     The argument sem does not refer to a valid semaphore.

SEE ALSO

       sem_open(2), <semaphore.h>.

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

																   sem_getvalue(2)

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