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SEM_RELEASE

Syntax | Arguments | Keywords | Example | Version History | See Also

The SEM_RELEASE procedure releases the lock on the specified semaphore held by the current IDL process. If the current IDL process does not own the lock on the specified semaphore, this routine returns quietly.

Syntax

SEM_RELEASE, strName

Arguments

strName

The name associated with the semaphore. This is the name used when creating the semaphore (SEM_CREATE).

Note: Semaphore names must be 24 characters or less on Macintosh platforms.

Keywords

None

Example

See SEM_LOCK for an example using this function.

Version History

6.3

Introduced

See Also

SEM_CREATE, SEM_DELETE, SEM_LOCK