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CRTL, sem_destroy
*Conan The Librarian
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Destroys an unnamed semaphore.
This function is supported on OpenVMS Integrity servers and
Alpha only.
Format
#include <semaphore.h>
int sem_destroy (sem_t *sem);
sem
The unnamed semaphore to be destroyed. Use the sem argument that
was supplied to, and filled in by, the previous call to sem_init.
The sem_destroy function destroys an unnamed semaphore indicated
by sem. Only a semaphore created using sem_init may be destroyed
using sem_destroy.
The potential for deadlock exists if a process calls sem_destroy
for a semaphore while there is a pending sem_wait, because a
process may be waiting for a poster that has not yet opened the
semaphore.
0 Successful completion.
-1 Indicates an error. The function sets errno
to one of the following values, without
destroying the semaphore indicated by the
sem argument:
o EINVAL - The sem argument is not a valid
semaphore.
o ENOSYS - The function is not implemented.
o EVMSERR - OpenVMS specific nontranslatable
error code.
o EBUSY - The processes are blocked on the
semaphore.