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Date:      Fri, 5 Jan 2001 10:49:12 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        void <float@firedrake.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: semsys(2) and undeletable semaphores
Message-ID:  <20010105104911.E15744@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010105183035.A23040@firedrake.org>; from float@firedrake.org on Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 06:30:35PM %2B0000
References:  <20010105183035.A23040@firedrake.org>

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* void <float@firedrake.org> [010105 10:31] wrote:
> I have a problem with some semaphores I can't delete:
> 
> # ipcrm -s 65735
> ipcrm: semid(65735): : Invalid argument
> 
> Looking at a truss, the call that fails is semsys(2):
> 
> semsys(0x0,0x100c7,0x0,0x0,0x0)              ERR#22 'Invalid argument'
> 
> But I don't see any man page for this call.  Any idea what the problem
> could be?

semsys is a switch into the sysV IPC code, the first arg (i think)
is the opertation to perform.

anyhow, it would help if you posted your output from 'ipcs'

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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