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    semaphores

    hi all,

    How can you share a semaphore variable amoung processes.
    In the sem_init(sem_t*,int,int) function , if you make the second integer variable a non zero value, it says you can share the semaphore variable amoung processes.(this won't work...and I am using Sun solaris..). But do you have to allocate a shared memory area and pass this variable through this ?

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    You probably want to be using threads in order to share the address space. Check out using man pthread or using solaris threads.

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    The problem is, I want to do with a processes (not threads). In this case, how can you share a semaphore variable. Just copying the structure to a shared memory area won't work. Any suggestions ?

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    don't know if this helps but quoting the linux sem_init man page
    int sem_init(sem_t *sem, int pshared, unsigned int value);

    sem_init initializes the semaphore object pointed to by sem. The count
    associated with the semaphore is set initially to value. The pshared
    argument indicates whether the semaphore is local to the current pro-
    cess ( pshared is zero) or is to be shared between several processes (
    pshared is not zero). LinuxThreads currently does not support process-
    shared semaphores
    , thus sem_init always returns with error ENOSYS if
    pshared is not zero.
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    The problem is, I want to do with a processes (not threads). In this case, how can you share a semaphore variable. Just copying the structure to a shared memory area won't work. Any suggestions ?
    This has an example of using semaphores and processes.
    http://www.talideon.com/notes/dcom3/shmem.pdf

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