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FindTask -- find a task with the given name or find oneself
task = FindTask(name)
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struct Task *FindTask(STRPTR);
This function will check all task queues for a task with the given
name, and return a pointer to its task control block. If a NULL
name pointer is given a pointer to the current task will be
returned.
Finding oneself with a NULL for the name is very quick. Finding a
task by name is very system expensive, and will disable interrupts
for a long time. Since a task may remove itself at any time,
a Forbid()/Permit() pair may be needed to ensure the pointer
returned by FindTask() is still valid when used.
name - pointer to a name string
task - pointer to the task (or Process)
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