barrier-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the barrier. The barrier-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the barrier identifier. Barrier-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_BARRIER. amount OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Value to add to the barrier quorum. The amount argument is the address of a signed word containing the amount. You can specify a negative value to decrement the quorum.