Re: POSIX Semaphores

[Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 07:11:45AM -0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
> On a related topic, since sem is not actually a device driver, it does 
> not seem appropriate that its man page belongs in section 4.  Wouldn't 
> it be more correct for this man page to reside in section 7?

Maybe. But then there are options(4), rnd(4), cgd(4), etc. Maybe it is also
a philosophical question whether named semaphores/queues/etc., which may or
may not be visible in the file system, are /dev-like device drivers.

- Jukka.