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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users semaphore concept Post 302134048 by jim mcnamara on Tuesday 28th of August 2007 11:53:25 AM
Old 08-28-2007
You don't say what UNIX you are on but consider file locks instead of semaphores.

start with 'man flock' if you're on Linux.
Otherwise, man fcntl, then look for FD_SETLK or FD_GETLK to start off.

Depending on your OS you can get file locks at different levels; struct flock can provide locking a part of a file.

Semaphores are mostly used for access to shared memory.
 

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semaphore.h(3HEAD)                                                    Headers                                                   semaphore.h(3HEAD)

NAME
semaphore.h, semaphore - semaphores SYNOPSIS
#include <semaphore.h> DESCRIPTION
The <semaphore.h> header defines the sem_t type, used in performing semaphore operations. The semaphore can be implemented using a file descriptor, in which case applications are able to open up at least a total of {OPEN_MAX} files and semaphores. The symbol SEM_FAILED is defined (see sem_open(3RT)). Inclusion of the <semaphore.h> header can make visible symbols defined in the headers <fcntl.h> and <sys/types.h>. See fcntl.h(3HEAD) and types.h(3HEAD). ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
fcntl.h(3HEAD), types.h(3HEAD), sem_destroy(3RT), sem_getvalue(3RT), sem_init(3RT), sem_open(3RT), sem_post(3RT), sem_timedwait(3RT), sem_unlink(3RT), sem_wait(3RT), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.10 10 Sep 2004 semaphore.h(3HEAD)
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