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<H1>SEM_UNLINK</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2015-08-08<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
sem_unlink - remove a named semaphore
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/semaphore.h">semaphore.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>int sem_unlink(const char *</B><I>name</I><B>);</B>
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Link with <I>-pthread</I>.
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<B>sem_unlink</B>()
removes the named semaphore referred to by
<I>name</I>.
The semaphore name is removed immediately.
The semaphore is destroyed once all other processes that have
the semaphore open close it.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
On success
<B>sem_unlink</B>()
returns 0; on error, -1 is returned, with
<I>errno</I>
set to indicate the error.
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
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<DT id="1"><B>EACCES</B>
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The caller does not have permission to unlink this semaphore.
<DT id="2"><B>ENAMETOOLONG</B>
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<I>name</I>
was too long.
<DT id="3"><B>ENOENT</B>
<DD>
There is no semaphore with the given
<I>name</I>.
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<H2>ATTRIBUTES</H2>
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+attributes">attributes</A></B>(7).
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<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>Interface</B></TD><TD><B>Attribute</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B><BR></TD></TR>
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<B>sem_unlink</B>()
</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Safe<BR></TD></TR>
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sem_getvalue">sem_getvalue</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sem_open">sem_open</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sem_post">sem_post</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sem_wait">sem_wait</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+sem_overview">sem_overview</A></B>(7)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAF">ERRORS</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAG">ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAH">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAI">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAJ">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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