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System Services, $RELEASE GALAXY LOCK (Alpha Only)
*Conan The Librarian
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Releases ownership of an OpenVMS Galaxy lock.
Note that this system service is supported only in an OpenVMS
Alpha Galaxy environment.
For more information about programming with OpenVMS Galaxy system
services, see the HP OpenVMS Alpha Partitioning and Galaxy Guide.
Format
SYS$RELEASE_GALAXY_LOCK handle
C Prototype
int sys$release_galaxy_lock (unsigned __int64 lock_handle);
handle
OpenVMS usage:galaxy lock handle
type: quadword (unsigned)
access: read
mechanism: input by value
The 64-bit lock handle that identifies the lock to be released.
This value is returned by SYS$CREATE_GALAXY_LOCK.