netbsd man page for sem

Query: sem

OS: netbsd

Section: 4

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SEM(4)							   BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual 						    SEM(4)

NAME
sem -- POSIX semaphores
SYNOPSIS
To link into the kernel: options P1003_1B_SEMAPHORE
DESCRIPTION
The sem facility provides system calls used by the standard C library (libc) to implement POSIX semaphores.
SEE ALSO
config(1), sem_destroy(3), sem_getvalue(3), sem_init(3), sem_open(3), sem_post(3), sem_wait(3), options(4)
HISTORY
The sem facility appeared as a kernel option in NetBSD 2.0.
BUGS
The current implementation does not support shared, unnamed semaphores.
BSD
January 21, 2005 BSD
Related Man Pages
sem_overview(7) - debian
sem_init(3) - freebsd
sem_overview(7) - sunos
sem_overview(7) - osx
sem_overview(7) - v7
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