(C) 1998 AROS - The Amiga Research OS


NAME

ULONG AttemptSemaphore (sigSem)

LOCATION
In SysBase at offset 96

SYNOPSIS
struct SignalSemaphore * sigSem

FUNCTION
Tries to get an exclusive lock on a signal semaphore. If the semaphore is already in use by another task this function does not wait but return false instead.

INPUTS
sigSem
Pointer so semaphore structure.

RESULT
TRUE if the semaphore could be obtained, FALSE otherwise.

EXAMPLE

SEE ALSO
ReleaseSemaphore()

NOTES
The lock must be freed with ReleaseSemaphore().

BUGS

INTERNALS

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