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pthread_detach

Section: Standard C Library Functions (3C)
Updated: 23 Mar 2005
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NAME

pthread_detach - detach a thread  

SYNOPSIS

cc -mt [ flag... ] file... -lpthread [ library... ]
#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_detach(pthread_t thread);  

DESCRIPTION

The pthread_detach() function is used to indicate to the implementation that storage for the thread thread can be reclaimed when that thread terminates. In other words, pthread_detach() dynamically resets the detachstate attribute of the thread to PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED. After a successful call to this function, it would not be necessary to reclaim the thread using pthread_join(). See pthread_join(3C). If thread has not terminated, pthread_detach() will not cause it to terminate. The effect of multiple pthread_detach() calls on the same target thread is unspecified.  

RETURN VALUES

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

ERRORS

The pthread_detach() 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.

 

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface StabilityStandard
MT-LevelMT-Safe

 

SEE ALSO

pthread_create(3C), pthread_join(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUES
ERRORS
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO

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