VMS Help RTL Routines, PPL$, PPL$READ_SEMAPHORE  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    The Read Semaphore Values routine returns the current or maximum
    values, or both, of the specified counting semaphore. The
    semaphore must have been created by PPL$CREATE_SEMAPHORE.

    Format

      PPL$READ_SEMAPHORE  semaphore-id [,semaphore-value]

                          [,semaphore-maximum]

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