SEM_WAIT(3POSIX)

💖 SEM_WAIT(3POSIX) 💖

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✨ PROLOG ✨

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• the Linux implementation of this interface may differ — so if you're on Linux, go consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior 👀
• or, plot twist, the interface may not be implemented on Linux at all 💀 not every platform is gonna have your back, iykyk

🌸 NAME 🌸

sem_wait — lock a semaphore 🔒✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <semaphore.h>

int sem_wait(sem_t *sem);

like... that's the whole vibe. <semaphore.h>, one function, one pointer, slay 💅

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

bestie, this one's short and sweet: Refer to sem_trywait(). 🧚

that's it. that's the description. go read sem_trywait() for the actual lore, this page is just the doorway 🚪✨

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

okay so the legal girlies need their moment, and honestly? they ate 💜

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. 🌟

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this icon was brought to you by IEEE/The Open Group, dated 2017, and it signs off as SEM_WAIT(3POSIX) — go lock that semaphore, you absolute main character 👑💖