Re: mutex won't release

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From: Bruce Salzman
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:56

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> When I create a mutex through Win32API and release
> the mutex later it seems as if the mutex remains around:
> The following code :
>
>     HANDLE hMutex = CreateMutex(NULL,true,"1");
>     ReleaseMutex(hMutex);  // hMutex does not seem to become invalid
after
> this
>     hMutex = CreateMutex(NULL,true,"1");  // this gives an error
> (GetLastError()

Use CloseHandle() to destroy it. ReleaseMutex() just makes it
available to be re-aquired.

Regards,
Bruce

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