semaphore-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the semaphore. The optional semaphore-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the semaphore identifier. semaphore-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the semaphore. The optional semaphore-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the semaphore name.