Name

new

Synopsis

$sem = new IPC::Semaphore(key, nsems, flags)

Creates a new semaphore set associated with key and containing nsems semaphores. Uses flags to set the permissions. Creates the new set if the following are true:

  • key is equal to IPC_PRIVATE.

  • key doesn’t already have an associated semaphore identifier, and FLAGS & IPC_CREAT is true.

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