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>SDL_SemPost -- Unlock a semaphore.</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"
#include "SDL_thread.h"</PRE
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>int <B
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>SDL_SemPost</B
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>(SDL_sem *sem);</CODE
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> unlocks the semaphore pointed to by
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>sem</I
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> should be called after a semaphore is locked by a successful call to
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>Returns <SPAN
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><TT
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>SDL_CreateSemaphore</TT
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>,
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>SDL_DestroySemaphore</TT
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>SDL_SemWait</TT
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>SDL_SemTryWait</TT
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>SDL_SemWaitTimeout</TT
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>SDL_SemValue</TT
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