CONTENTS

• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• METHODS
• SEE ALSO
• AUTHORS
• COPYRIGHT

#NAME

IPC::Semaphore - SysV Semaphore IPC object class

#SYNOPSIS

use IPC::SysV qw(IPC_PRIVATE S_IRUSR S_IWUSR IPC_CREAT);use IPC::Semaphore;$sem = IPC::Semaphore->new(IPC_PRIVATE, 10, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | IPC_CREAT);$sem->setall( (0) x 10);@sem = $sem->getall;$ncnt = $sem->getncnt;$zcnt = $sem->getzcnt;$ds = $sem->stat;$sem->remove;

#DESCRIPTION

A class providing an object based interface to SysV IPC semaphores.

#METHODS

#new ( KEY , NSEMS , FLAGS )

Create a new semaphore set associated withKEY.NSEMS is the number of semaphores in the set. A new set is created if

• KEY is equal toIPC_PRIVATE

• KEY does not already have a semaphore identifier associated with it, andFLAGS & IPC_CREAT is true.

On creation of a new semaphore setFLAGS is used to set the permissions. Be careful not to set any flags that the Sys V IPC implementation does not allow: in some systems setting execute bits makes the operations fail.

#getall

Returns the values of the semaphore set as an array.

#getncnt ( SEM )

Returns the number of processes waiting for the semaphoreSEM to become greater than its current value

#getpid ( SEM )

Returns the process id of the last process that performed an operation on the semaphoreSEM.

#getval ( SEM )

Returns the current value of the semaphoreSEM.

#getzcnt ( SEM )

Returns the number of processes waiting for the semaphoreSEM to become zero.

#id

Returns the system identifier for the semaphore set.

#op ( OPLIST )

OPLIST is a list of operations to pass tosemop.OPLIST is a concatenation of smaller lists, each which has three values. The first is the semaphore number, the second is the operation and the last is a flags value. Seesemop(2) for more details. For example

    $sem->op(0, -1, IPC_NOWAIT,1,  1, IPC_NOWAIT    );

#remove

Remove and destroy the semaphore set from the system.

#set ( STAT )

#set ( NAME => VALUE [, NAME => VALUE ...] )

set will set the following values of thestat structure associated with the semaphore set.

uidgidmode (only the permission bits)

set accepts either a stat object, as returned by thestat method, or a list ofname-value pairs.

#setall ( VALUES )

Sets all values in the semaphore set to those given on theVALUES list.VALUES must contain the correct number of values.

#setval ( N , VALUE )

Set theNth value in the semaphore set toVALUE

#stat

Returns an object of typeIPC::Semaphore::stat which is a sub-class ofClass::Struct. It provides the following fields. For a description of these fields see your system documentation.

uidgidcuidcgidmodectimeotimensems

#SEE ALSO

IPC::SysV,Class::Struct,semget(2),semctl(2),semop(2)

#AUTHORS

Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com>, Marcus Holland-Moritz <mhx@cpan.org>

#COPYRIGHT

Version 2.x, Copyright (C) 2007-2013, Marcus Holland-Moritz.

Version 1.x, Copyright (c) 1997, Graham Barr.

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