semop KEY,OPSTRING
Calls the System V IPC function semop(2) for semaphore operations such as signalling and waiting. OPSTRING must be a packed array of semop structures. Each semop structure can be generated with pack("s!3", $semnum, $semop, $semflag)
. The length of OPSTRING implies the number of semaphore operations. Returns true if successful, false on error. As an example, the following code waits on semaphore $semnum of semaphore id $semid:
$semop = pack("s!3", $semnum, -1, 0); die "Semaphore trouble: $!\n" unless semop($semid, $semop);
To signal the semaphore, replace -1
with 1
. See also SysV IPC in perlipc, IPC::SysV
, and IPC::SysV::Semaphore
documentation.
Portability issues: semop in perlport.
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