SEMCLOSE(2)                BSD System Calls Manual               SEMCLOSE(2)

NAME
     semclose -- close a named semaphore

SYNOPSIS
     ##include <>

     int
     semclose(semt *sem);

DESCRIPTION
     The system resources associated with the named semaphore referenced by
     sem are deallocated and the descriptor is invalidated.

     If successful, semclose() will return 0.  Otherwise, -1 is returned and
     errno is set.

ERORS
     semclose() succeeds unless:

     [EINVAL]           sem is not a valid semaphore descriptor.

SEE ALSO
     semctl(2), semget(2), semop(2), seminit(2), semopen(2), semunlink(2)

HISTORY
     semclose() is specified in the POSIX Realtime Extension
     (1003.1b-1993/1003.1i-1995).

Darwin                           June 8, 2000                           Darwin