VMS Help System Services, $RELEASE GALAXY LOCK (Alpha Only)  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    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, refer to the OpenVMS Alpha Partitioning and Galaxy
    Guide.

    Format

      SYS$RELEASE_GALAXY_LOCK  handle

    C Prototype

      int sys$release_galaxy_lock  (unsigned __int64 lock_handle);

1 - Arguments

 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.