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SEMGET(2)                 OpenBSD Programmer's Manual                SEMGET(2)

NAME
     semget - get semaphore set



SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/ipc.h>
     #include <sys/sem.h>

     int
     semget(key_t key, int nsems, int semflg);

DESCRIPTION
     The semget() system call returns the semaphore identifier associated with
     key.

     A new set containing nsems semaphores is created if either key is equal
     to IPC_PRIVATE, or key does not have a semaphore set associated with it
     and the IPC_CREAT bit is set in semflg.

     The access modes of the created semaphores is specified in semflg by
     OR'ing the following values:

           SEM_A        alter permission for owner
           SEM_R        read permission for owner

           SEM_A >> 3   alter permission for group
           SEM_R >> 3   read permission for group

           SEM_A >> 6   alter permission for other
           SEM_R >> 6   read permission for other

     If a new set of semaphores is created, the data structure associated with
     it (the semid_ds structure, see semctl(2))  is intialized as follows:

     -   sem_perm.cuid and sem_perm.uid are set to the effective UID of the
         calling process.

     -   sem_perm.gid and sem_perm.cgid are set to the effective GID of the
         calling process.

     -   sem_perm.mode is set to the lower 9 bits of semflg.

     -   sem_nsems is set to the value of nsems

     -   sem_ctime is set to the current time

     -   sem_otime is set to 0

RETURN VALUES
     semget() returns a non-negative semaphore identifier if successful. Oth-
     erwise, -1 is returned and errno is set to reflect the error.

ERRORS
     [EACCES]      The caller has no permission to access a semaphore set al-
                   ready associated with key.

     [EEXIST]      Both IPC_CREAT and IPC_EXCL are set in semflg, and a
                   semaphore set is already associated with key.

     [EINVAL]      nsems is less than 0 or greater than the system limit for
                   the number in a semaphore set.

                   A semaphore set associated with key exists, but has fewer

                   semaphores than the number specified in nsems.

     [ENOSPC]      A new set of semaphores could not be created because the
                   system limit for the number of semaphores or the number of
                   semaphore sets has been reached.

     [ENOENT]      IPC_CREAT was not set in semflg and no semaphore set asso-
                   ciated with key was found.

SEE ALSO
     semctl(2),  semop(2)

OpenBSD 2.6                     August 17, 1995                              2

Source: OpenBSD 2.6 man pages. Copyright: Portions are copyrighted by BERKELEY
SOFTWARE DESIGN, INC., The Regents of the University of California, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Free Software Foundation, FreeBSD Inc., and others.



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