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29.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc_r/man/sem_destroy.3,v 1.9 2001/10/01 16:09:09 ru Exp $
30.Dd February 15, 2000
31.Dt SEM_DESTROY 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm sem_destroy
35.Nd destroy an unnamed semaphore
36.\" .Sh LIBRARY
37.\" .Lb libc_r
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In semaphore.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn sem_destroy "sem_t *sem"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn sem_destroy
45function destroys the unnamed semaphore pointed to by
46.Fa sem .
47After a successful call to
48.Fn sem_destroy ,
49.Fa sem
50is unuseable until re-initialized by another call to
51.Fn sem_init .
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53.Rv -std sem_destroy
54.Sh ERRORS
55.Fn sem_destroy
56will fail if:
57.Bl -tag -width Er
58.It Bq Er EINVAL
59.Fa sem
60points to an invalid semaphore.
61.It Bq Er EBUSY
62There are currently threads blocked on the semaphore that
63.Fa sem
64points to.
65.El
66.Sh SEE ALSO
67.Xr sem_init 3
68.Sh STANDARDS
69.Fn sem_destroy
70conforms to
71.St -p1003.1-96 .
72.Pp
73POSIX does not define the behavior of
74.Fn sem_destroy
75if called while there are threads blocked on
76.Fa sem ,
77but this implementation is guaranteed to return -1 and set
78.Va errno
79to
80.Er EBUSY
81if there are threads blocked on
82.Fa sem .
83