From owner-freebsd-current Fri Dec 13 11: 5:47 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F16C937B401 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:05:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B520043ED4 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:05:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id 82BB4AE216; Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:05:45 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:05:45 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Craig Rodrigues Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: POSIX semaphores in FreeBSD-CURRENT Message-ID: <20021213190545.GN23663@elvis.mu.org> References: <20021213123955.A3471@attbi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021213123955.A3471@attbi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Craig Rodrigues [021213 09:39] wrote: > Alfred, > > There is a very interesting thread on freebsd-current about > some of the POSIX semaphore code that you contributed to > -current. > > You may want to chime in. :) > > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/mailindex.cgi?sort=subject&file=current/freebsd-current > > Look for the thread "Posix Semaphores in -CURRENT". > > Thanks. :) It's not interesting it's just a bunch of people wandering around scratching thier heads without reading the relevant docs and standards. Exactly why I don't subscribe to -current. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sem_open&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=SunOS+5.7&format=html The name argument points to a string naming a semaphore object. It is unspecified whether the name appears in the file system and is visible to functions that take path- names as arguments. The name argument conforms to the con- struction rules for a pathname. The first character of name must be a slash (/) character and the remaining characters of name cannot include any slash characters. For maximum portability, name should include no more than 14 characters, but this limit is not enforced. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message