<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 96.1-c (Feb 29, 1996) by Nikos Drakos (nikos@cbl.leeds.ac.uk), CBLU, University of Leeds --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Background</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Background"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="lpg"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="lpg.css"> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="EN"> <A NAME="tex2html1066" HREF="node56.html"><IMG WIDTH=37 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="next" SRC="/icons//next_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1064" HREF="node54.html"><IMG WIDTH=26 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="up" SRC="/icons//up_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1058" HREF="node54.html"><IMG WIDTH=63 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="previous" SRC="/icons//previous_motif.gif"></A> <A NAME="tex2html1068" HREF="node1.html"><IMG WIDTH=65 HEIGHT=24 ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="contents" SRC="/icons//contents_motif.gif"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1067" HREF="node56.html">Command Line Syntax</A> <B>Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1065" HREF="node54.html">semtool: An interactive semaphore </A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html1059" HREF="node54.html">semtool: An interactive semaphore </A> <BR> <P> <H4><A NAME="SECTION00743610000000000000">Background</A></H4> <P> The <TT>semtool</TT> program relies on command line arguments to determine its behavior. This is what makes it especially useful when called from a shell script. All of the capabilities are provided, from creating and manipulating, to changing the permissions and finally removing a semaphore set. It can be used to control shared resources via standard shell scripts. <P> <BR> <HR> <P><ADDRESS> <I>Converted on: <BR> Fri Mar 29 14:43:04 EST 1996</I> </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>
