SEM_UNLINK(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		SEM_UNLINK(3)



NAME
       sem_unlink - remove a named semaphore

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

       int sem_unlink(const char *name);

       Link with -lrt or -pthread.

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.

CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001.

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

COLOPHON
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       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



Linux				  2006-03-25			 SEM_UNLINK(3)