new

$

sem

 
= new IPC::Semaphore(


key

, 

nsems

, 

flags


)

Creates a new semaphore set associated with key and containing nsems semaphores. Uses flags to set the permissions. Creates the new set if the following are true:

• key is equal to IPC_PRIVATE.

• key doesn't already have an associated semaphore identifier and FLAGS & IPC_CREAT is true.