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.TH "al_create_mutex" "3" "" "Allegro reference manual" ""
.SH NAME
al_create_mutex \- Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
.EX
#include \f[B]<allegro5/allegro.h>\f[R]

ALLEGRO_MUTEX *al_create_mutex(void)
.EE
.SH DESCRIPTION
Create the mutex object (a mutual exclusion device).
The mutex may or may not support \[lq]recursive\[rq] locking.
.PP
Returns the mutex on success or \f[CR]NULL\f[R] on error.
.SH SEE ALSO
al_create_mutex_recursive(3).