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:
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.