sem_unlink(3)              Library Functions Manual              sem_unlink(3)

NAME
       sem_unlink - remove a named semaphore

LIBRARY
       POSIX threads library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS
       #include <semaphore.h>

       int sem_unlink(const char *name);

DESCRIPTION
       sem_unlink() removes the named semaphore referred to by name.  The
       semaphore name is removed immediately.  The semaphore is destroyed once
       all other processes that have the semaphore open close it.

RETURN VALUE
       On success sem_unlink() returns 0; on error, -1 is returned, with errno
       set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       EACCES The caller does not have permission to unlink this semaphore.

       ENAMETOOLONG
              name was too long.

       ENOENT There is no semaphore with the given name.

ATTRIBUTES
       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).

       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface                                   | Attribute     | Value   |
       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |sem_unlink ()                               | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +--------------------------------------------+---------------+---------+
STANDARDS
       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY
       POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO
       sem_getvalue(3), sem_open(3), sem_post(3), sem_wait(3), sem_overview(7)

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