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semget KEY,NSEMS,FLAGS

Calls the System V IPC function semget(2). Returns the semaphore id, or the undefined value on error. See also "SysV IPC" in perlipc and the documentation for IPC::SysV and IPC::Semaphore.

Portability issues: "semget" in perlport.