Deletes a semaphore.

BOOLEAN DeleteRtSemaphore(
    RTHANDLE hSemaphore    // handle for semaphore object
);

Parameters

hSemaphore

Handle for the semaphore to be deleted.

Return Values

TRUE

Success.

FALSE

Failure. To determine the status, call GetLastRtError.

Status

E_OK 0x0000

No exceptional conditions occurred.

E_EXIST 0x0006

One of these conditions exist:

• You used an invalid value for hSemaphore.
• hSemaphore represents an RT semaphore in a process being deleted.

E_TYPE 0x8002

hSemaphore is not a handle for a semaphore.

E_INVALID_ADDRESS 0x00E2

The address provided for the remote object is not a valid address.

Requirements

See Also

Semaphore system calls