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jjszucs@cbmvax.commodore.com (John J. Szucs) / 10:40 am  Sep 17, 1990 / writes:

>
>Under Kickstart/Workbench Release 1.3, the exec.library/AddSemaphore function
>does not work properly.

Aha! Great!  Thanks a bunch, now I can get back to work.  (Working a on a 
spooling program to print 2 pages per page on a LaserJet (or compatible)
printer.)

>
>Use the following:
>
>void LocalAddSemaphore(struct SignalSemaphore *SignalSemaphore)
>{
>	SignalSemaphore-.ss_Link.ln_Type=NT_SIGNALSEM;
>	InitSemaphore(SignalSemaphore);
>	Forbid();
>	Enqueue(&SysBase->SemaphoreList,SignalSemaphore);
>	Permit();
>}
>

Okay!

>This is documented in the AutoDocs (available from CATS).

Uh, where can I write to, so I can get these?  I'd sure like to get these
docs that relate to AmigaDOS 2.0 also.

>
>The function is correct under Kickstart/Workbench Release 2.0.
     ^^^^^^^^
AddSemaphore, I presume.  Now, if I can only get 2.0!



Thanks John, for your help, I appreciate being able to get this kind of support
over the net.


Regards,

Jim Garrison
Hewlett Packard