Standard C Library Functions                   pthreaddetach(3C)



NAME
     pthreaddetach - detach a thread

SYNOPSIS
     cc -mt [ flag... ] file... -lpthread [ library... ]
     #include 

     int pthreaddetach(pthreadt thread);


DESCRIPTION
     The pthreaddetach() function is used  to  indicate  to  the
     implementation  that  storage  for  the thread thread can be
     reclaimed when  that  thread  terminates.  In  other  words,
     pthreaddetach()  dynamically resets the  detachstate attri-
     bute of the thread to PTHREADCREATEDETACHED. After a  suc-
     cessful  call to this function, it would not be necessary to
     reclaim    the    thread    using     pthreadjoin().    See
     pthreadjoin(3C).    If    thread    has   not   terminated,
     pthreaddetach() will not cause it to terminate. The  effect
     of multiple pthreaddetach() calls on the same target thread
     is unspecified.

RETURN VALUES
     If successful, pthreaddetach() returns   0.  Otherwise,  an
     error number is returned to indicate the error.

ERORS
     The  pthreaddetach() function will fail if:

     EINVAL    The implementation has  detected  that  the  value
               specified  by  thread does not refer to a joinable
               thread.


     ESRCH     No thread could be  found  corresponding  to  that
               specified by the given thread  ID.


ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:













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Standard C Library Functions                   pthreaddetach(3C)



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Interface Stability          Standard                    
    
     MT-Level                     MT-Safe                     
    


SEE ALSO
     pthreadcreate(3C), pthreadjoin(3C),  attributes(5),  stan-
     dards(5)











































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