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SEM_POST(3)                Linux Programmer's Manual               SEM_POST(3)



 

NAME


       sem_post - unlock a semaphore

 

SYNOPSIS


       #include 

       int sem_post(sem_t *sem);

       Link with -lrt or -pthread.

 

DESCRIPTION






       sem_post()  increments  (unlocks)  the semaphore pointed to by sem.  If
       the semaphore's value consequently  becomes  greater  than  zero,  then
       another  process  or thread blocked in a sem_wait(3) call will be woken
       up and proceed to lock the semaphore.

 

RETURN VALUE


       sem_post() returns 0 on success; on error, the value of  the  semaphore
       is  left  unchanged,  -1  is returned, and errno is set to indicate the
       error.

 

ERRORS


       EINVAL sem is not a valid semaphore.

 

CONFORMING TO


       POSIX.1-2001.

 

NOTES


       sem_post() is async-signal-safe: it may be safely called within a  sig-
       nal handler.

 

EXAMPLE


       See sem_wait(3).

 

SEE ALSO


       sem_getvalue(3), sem_wait(3), sem_overview(7)

 

COLOPHON


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Linux                             2008-05-29                       SEM_POST(3)