SEM_CLOSE(2) BSD System Calls Manual SEM_CLOSE(2)NAMEsem_close — close a named semaphore
SYNOPSIS
#include <semaphore.h>
int
sem_close(sem_t *sem);
DESCRIPTION
The system resources associated with the named semaphore referenced by
sem are deallocated and the descriptor is invalidated.
If successful, sem_close() will return 0. Otherwise, -1 is returned and
errno is set.
ERRORSsem_close() succeeds unless:
[EINVAL] sem is not a valid semaphore descriptor.
SEE ALSOsem_init(2), sem_open(2), sem_unlink(2), semctl(2), semget(2), semop(2)HISTORYsem_close() is specified in the POSIX Realtime Extension
(1003.1b-1993/1003.1i-1995).
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