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sem_close(3)            Library Functions Manual            sem_close(3)

NAME

       sem_close - close a named semaphore

LIBRARY

       POSIX threads library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <semaphore.h>

       int sem_close(sem_t *sem);

DESCRIPTION

       sem_close() closes the named semaphore referred to by sem,
       allowing any resources that the system has allocated to the
       calling process for this semaphore to be freed.

RETURN VALUE

       On success sem_close() returns 0; on error, -1 is returned, with
       errno set to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       EINVAL sem is not a valid semaphore.

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │ Interface                           │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │ sem_close()                         │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS

       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

       POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES

       All open named semaphores are automatically closed on process
       termination, or upon execve(2).

SEE ALSO

       sem_getvalue(3), sem_open(3), sem_post(3), sem_unlink(3),
       sem_wait(3), sem_overview(7)

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Linux man-pages 6.9.1          2024-05-02                   sem_close(3)

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