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From: schmidt@indetech.com (Doug Schmidt)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: initial value of semaphores
Message-ID: <1990Jun30.221024.2060@indetech.com>
Date: 30 Jun 90 22:10:24 GMT
Reply-To: schmidt@indetech.UUCP (Doug Schmidt)
Organization: Independence Technologies, Inc. Fremont, CA
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After a successful system call to

	sem_id = semget (SEMKEY, 1, 0777 | IPC_CREAT);

is the result of 

	semctl (sem_id, 0, GETVAL, 0);

guaranteed to be 0? (assuming there are no errors, etc.).  In otherwords,
what is the semval field of semaphores initialized to?  TFM doesn't 
seem to indicate this, and neither do Bach's or Rochkind's books.

	thanks,

		Doug
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