semread(1)

semread1

Reads the state of a semaphore set

Usage

semread id sem_nums

Overview

semread finds the value of the semaphores specified by sem_nums in the semaphore set specified by the identifier id . This exercises a number of options of the semctl (2) system call. In particular operation of the call may be checked from various security contexts utilizing semaphore sets at various contexts.

From selinux 2002031409-4 in Debian 3.0 (Woody). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.