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Re: sem_unlink?


On Nov 28 11:20, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 10:25:56AM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Nov 28 10:09, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> >> Christopher Faylor, le Thu 27 Nov 2008 21:18:23 -0500, a ?crit :
> >> > 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.
> 
> Sorry for the misinformation.  I completely missed the sem_unlink that
> was right there on my screen.

No worries.


Corinna

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