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RE: Smctl Method Returns Failure.
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "Thread TITTTL'd!" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:47:06 -0000
- Subject: RE: Smctl Method Returns Failure.
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On 12 March 2007 15:25, Igor Peshansky wrote:
> <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTWLL>. Thanks.
>
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, neo napster wrote:
>
>> We are making calls to Cygserver methods from our applications, the below
>> call we are doing:
>>
>> semctl (int semid, int semnum, int cmd).
>>
>> but the Cygserver is returning Failure from this method. When we kept
>> debugs in Cygserver we got the following message:
>>
>> -1 [22] = semctl ()
>>
>> Can any one suggest on this..
>
> As Corinna mentioned, error 22 == EINVAL, which is sometimes rendered as
> "Bad system call". For more details, see
> <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.programming.html#faq.programming.ipc>.
Say, as long as you and "seema r j" are both having trouble with CygIPC, and
since you are both sitting at the same computer (59.160.129.133), why don't
you try and lend each other a hand?
cheers,
DaveK
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