Semaphores in libc

[Luciano Rocha]

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 11:38:12AM +0000, Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to find a solution for the following problem: I have a
> code region in C that should only be accessed by one process at a
> time. I have basically multiple instances of this program running but
> that bit of code, only one of the instances can be running it at that
> point.
> 
> Everywhere I look I seem to find solutions for thread-based software
> etc, which is not this case.
> I thought a mutex should do it but I can't find the bit of the manual
> that actually confirms mutexes are the way to go.

POSIX semaphores, do: man sem_overview.

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