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68 lines
2.0 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Tim J. Robbins
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd January 14, 2003
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.Dt SEM 4
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sem
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.Nd POSIX semaphores
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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To link into the kernel:
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.Cd "options P1003_1B_SEMAPHORES"
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.Pp
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To load as a kernel loadable module:
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.Dl kldload sem
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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facility provides system calls used by the C library
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.Pq Pa libc
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to implement
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.Tn POSIX
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semaphores.
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It is available both as a kernel option for static inclusion and as a
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dynamic kernel module.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr sem_destroy 3 ,
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.Xr sem_getvalue 3 ,
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.Xr sem_init 3 ,
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.Xr sem_open 3 ,
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.Xr sem_post 3 ,
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.Xr sem_wait 3 ,
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.Xr config 8 ,
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.Xr kldload 8 ,
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.Xr kldunload 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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facility appeared as a kernel option in
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.Fx 3.0 .
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The
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.Nm
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kernel module appeared in
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.Fx 5.0 .
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