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sem_wait(2)							System Calls Manual						       sem_wait(2)

NAME

       sem_wait, sem_trywait - lock a POSIX semaphore

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       is  used to lock a semaphore.  The calling thread will not return from its call to until one of the following events occur: it successfully
       obtains a lock on the semaphore; it is interrupted by a signal or an error condition occurs.

       is used to lock a semaphore, if it is available.  The value of the semaphore sem is checked at some unspecified time during the	call.	If
       the semaphore is available at the time its value is checked, the calling thread will atomically, with respect to the checking of the value,
       lock the semaphore.  The thread will now own a lock on the semaphore; the call will return successfully.  If the semaphore  is  unavailable
       at the time its value is checked, then the call returns -1 with errno set to EAGAIN.

       If  the	specified semaphore referred to by sem is a named semaphore, then this semaphore must have been opened by the calling process with
       The calling process must have both read and write permissions on the semaphore to perform these operations.  The semaphore will	be  locked
       upon successful return and will stay locked until it is explicitly released by a call to

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

EXAMPLES

       The following call to will lock the semaphore sem.

       The following call to will lock the semaphore sem, if it is available.

RETURN VALUE

       A  successful  call  to	will return 0 and the calling thread will then own a lock on the semaphore.  Otherwise, the call to will return -1
       with errno set to the appropriate value of the error condition.

       A successful call to will return 0, if the semaphore was available and the calling thread was able to lock the semaphore.   Otherwise,  the
       call to will return -1 with errno set to the appropriate value of the error condition.

ERRORS

       and fail and do not perform the requested operation if any of the following conditions are encountered:

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

	      [EAGAIN]	     The semaphore was not available and hence could not be locked by This error condition only occurs in

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

	      [EINTR]	     The function was interrupted by a signal

SEE ALSO

       sem_post(2), <semaphore.h>.

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

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sem_wait(3)						     Library Functions Manual						       sem_wait(3)

NAME

       sem_wait, sem_trywait - Performs (or conditionally performs) a semaphore lock (P1003.1b)

LIBRARY

       Realtime Library (librt.so, librt.a)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <semaphore.h>

       int sem_wait (
       sem_t *sem);

       int sem_trywait (
       sem_t *sem);

PARAMETERS

       sem	 Specifies a pointer to the semaphore to be locked.

DESCRIPTION

       The sem_wait function locks the semaphore referenced by sem by performing a semaphore lock operation on it. If the semaphore value is zero,
       the sem_wait function blocks until it either locks the semaphore or is interrupted by a signal.

       The sem_trywait function locks a semaphore only if the semaphore is currently not locked.  If the semaphore value is zero, the  sem_trywait
       function returns without locking the semaphore.

       These  functions  help ensure that the resource associated with the semaphore cannot be accessed by other processes.  The semaphore remains
       locked until the process unlocks it with a call to the sem_post function.

       Use the sem_wait function instead of the sem_trywait function if the process should wait for access to the semaphore.

RETURN VALUES

       If the sem_wait or sem_trywait function returns successfully, a value of 0 (zero) is returned and the function executes the semaphore  lock
       operation.

       On  an unsuccessful call, a value of -1 is returned and errno is set to indicate that an error occurred. The state of the semaphore remains
       unchanged.

ERRORS

       The sem_wait and sem_trywait functions fail under the following conditions:

       [EAGAIN]       The semaphore was already locked and cannot be locked by the sem_trywait operation (sem_trywait only).

       [EINTR]	      A signal interrupted this function.

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

RELATED INFORMATION

       Functions: sem_post(3)

       Guide to Realtime Programming delim off

																       sem_wait(3)

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