ipc_semaphores.rst (595B)
1 This chapter describes the NSPR API for using interprocess communication 2 semaphores. 3 4 NSPR provides an interprocess communication mechanism using a counting 5 semaphore model similar to that which is provided in Unix and Windows 6 platforms. 7 8 .. note:: 9 10 **Note:** See also `Named Shared Memory <Named_Shared_Memory>`__ 11 12 - `IPC Semaphore Functions <#IPC_Semaphore_Functions>`__ 13 14 .. _IPC_Semaphore_Functions: 15 16 IPC Semaphore Functions 17 ----------------------- 18 19 - :ref:`PR_OpenSemaphore` 20 - :ref:`PR_WaitSemaphore` 21 - :ref:`PR_PostSemaphore` 22 - :ref:`PR_CloseSemaphore` 23 - :ref:`PR_DeleteSemaphore`