Unit 'AmigaDOS' Package
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AttemptLockDosList

Attempt to lock the Dos Lists for use

Declaration

Source position: amigados.pas line 2082

function AttemptLockDosList(

  flags: Cardinal

):PDOSList;

Arguments

flags

  

Flags stating which types of nodes you want to lock. (LDF_*)

Function result

Pointer to the beginning of the list or nil. Not a valid node its a pseudo element!

Description

Tries to get a lock on some of the dos lists. If all went well a handle is returned that can be used for FindDosEntry(). Don't try to busy wait until the lock can be granted - use LockDosList() instead.


Documentation generated on: 2021-07-30