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42 .Nd "lock a semaphore"
48 .Fn sem_timedwait "sem_t * restrict sem" "const struct timespec * restrict abs_timeout"
52 function locks the semaphore referenced by
57 However, if the semaphore cannot be locked without waiting for
58 another process or thread to unlock the semaphore by performing
61 function, this wait will be terminated when the specified timeout expires.
63 The timeout will expire when the absolute time specified by
65 passes, as measured by the clock on which timeouts are based (that is,
66 when the value of that clock equals or exceeds
69 absolute time specified by
71 has already been passed at the time of the call.
73 Note that the timeout is based on the
79 is not checked if the semaphore can be locked immediately.
83 function returns zero if the calling process successfully performed the
84 semaphore lock operation on the semaphore designated by
86 If the call was unsuccessful, the state of the semaphore is unchanged,
87 and the function returns a value of \-1 and sets the global variable
89 to indicate the error.
93 function will fail if:
98 argument does not refer to a valid semaphore, or the process or thread would
101 parameter specified a nanoseconds field value less than zero or greater than
102 or equal to 1000 million.
104 The semaphore could not be locked before the specified timeout expired.
106 A signal interrupted this function.
118 The function first appeared in