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Re: sem_unlink?


On Nov 28 10:09, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Christopher Faylor, le Thu 27 Nov 2008 21:18:23 -0500, a écrit :
> > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 12:16:51AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > >There is no sem_unlink function, is there a reason or is that a PTW?
> > 
> > PTC.  It's not easy to get right in a Windows environment.  If I read
> > what's required correctly it could require interprocess communication.
> 
> Mmm, I haven't tested (and can't right now), but does that mean that
> even if sem_open() is currently provided, it does not work?

The POSIX semaphore implementation is incomplete in terms of named
semaphores up to Cygwin 1.5.25.  Cygwin 1.7.0 provides all functions,
including sem_unlink.


Corinna

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