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Date: 7 May 2001 13:07:21 -0000
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the function sem_wait in cygwin is supposed to make the thread wait until the semaphore value is > 0. but it does not wait. the thread moves on to the next part of the code.

------------- Original Message --------------
"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au> wrote:
To:"s  n" <sujai_n AT rediffmail DOT com>
From:"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
Date:Fri, 4 May 2001 14:17:32 +1000
CC:<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE:  Re: RE:  Re: Re: your mail

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s n [mailto:sujai_n AT rediffmail DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 2:22 PM
> To: Robert Collins
> Subject: Re: RE: Re: Re: your mail
>=20
>=20
> i am using solaris semaphores.. with functions like sem_init,=20
> sem_wait! they dont seem to be working. is it a problem with=20
> the cygwin implementation? is there a way around it? i am not=20
> too familiar with cygwin. i'm juts using it for my project.=20
> so i need some professional help!
> sn
>=20

First of all, please keep replies cc'd to the mailing list.

You are providing _no_ details about how they aren't working. What are
the symptoms? Do you have a test case that shows the problem without a
lot of other unrelated code?

Rob

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