(C) 1998 AROS - The Amiga Research OS


NAME

ULONG AttemptSemaphoreShared (sigSem)

LOCATION
In SysBase at offset 120

SYNOPSIS
struct SignalSemaphore * sigSem

FUNCTION
Tries to get a shared lock on a signal semaphore. If the lock cannot be obtained false is returned. There may be more than one shared lock at a time but an exclusive lock prevents all other locks. The lock must be released with ReleaseSemaphore().

INPUTS
sigSem
pointer to semaphore structure

RESULT
True if the semaphore could be obtained, false otherwise.

EXAMPLE

SEE ALSO
ReleaseSemaphore()

NOTES

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HISTORY
20.10.1998 hkiel
Amiga Research OS
12.05.1997 aros
Fixed all headers
01.01.1997 ldp
Committed Amiga native (support) code

Changed clib to proto

10.12.1996 aros
Moved all #include's in the first column so makedepend can see it.
24.10.1996 aros
Use the official AROS macros over the __AROS versions.
13.08.1996 digulla
Replaced __AROS_LA by __AROS_LHA Replaced some __AROS_LH*I by __AROS_LH* Sorted and added includes
01.08.1996 digulla
Added standard header for all files
01.08.1996 digulla
Added copyright notics and made headers conform
28.07.1996 digulla
Initial revision
28.07.1996 digulla
First CVS version of AROS