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.TH SEM_CLOSE 3 2012-05-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
sem_close \- close a named semaphore
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <semaphore.h>
.sp
.BI "int sem_close(sem_t *" sem );
.fi
.sp
Link with \fI\-pthread\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR sem_close ()
closes the named semaphore referred to by
.IR sem ,
allowing any resources that the system has allocated to
the calling process for this semaphore to be freed.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success
.BR sem_close ()
returns 0; on error, \-1 is returned, with
.I errno
set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
.I sem
is not a valid semaphore.
.SH CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001.
.SH NOTES
All open named semaphores are automatically closed on process
termination, or upon
.BR execve (2).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR sem_getvalue (3),
.BR sem_open (3),
.BR sem_post (3),
.BR sem_unlink (3),
.BR sem_wait (3),
.BR sem_overview (7)
.SH COLOPHON
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