X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:20:39 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: sem_unlink? Message-ID: <20081128162039.GA21423@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20081127231651.GB6403@const.famille.thibault.fr> <20081128021823.GG16768@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20081128090927.GC5154@const.bordeaux.inria.fr> <20081128092556.GB12905@calimero.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081128092556.GB12905@calimero.vinschen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com 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. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/