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From: wout@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (W. Smit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Problem with use of OpenSemaphore()
Message-ID: <1247@idcapd.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Date: 28 Mar 91 12:53:06 GMT
Organization: Philips Information Systems, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
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Hello

I have a problem with the use of semaphores in a C program running under
MS-Windows. I use the NetWare C Interface version 1.2. The network I use is 
Level II V2.15 Rev. C.

I use the following small peace of code:

   wConNum = GetConnectionNumber();
   if (wConNum == 0)
      return (FALSE);
   else
   {
      strcpy(szSemName,"Wout");
      RetCode = OpenSemaphore(szSemName,1,&SemHnd,&NrOpen);
      .....
   }

RetCode should be 0, sometimes it is, but most of the time it is 3. According
the NetWare manuels 3 means DOS_PATH_NOT_FOUND. I wonder why it sometimes
returns 3 and what I can do about it.

Further, if RetCode is 0 and I execute the same program on a second terminal,
NrOpen is always 1 never 2. So what is wrong ? I use the types and the include
files as specified in the manuels.


Can anybody help me ???

Wout Smit, Philips Information Systems, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.

mail:  wout@idca.tds.philips.nl
fax:   0031 55 432041
voice: 0031 55 432858