01-31-2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by goodmis
Thanks SB008,
I need to know in Real Time. I should have mentioned that.
Thanks again for the reply
Instead of
touch ./TIMEFILE
you use
date > ./TIMEFILE
At the beginning of the script something like:
OLDDATE=`cat ./TIMEFILE`
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pthread_detach
pthread_detach(3T) pthread_detach(3T)
NAME
pthread_detach() - mark a thread as detached to reclaim its resources when it terminates
SYNOPSIS
PARAMETERS
thread Thread whose resources are to be reclaimed immediately when it terminates.
DESCRIPTION
is used to detach the thread thread. When thread terminates, its resources will automatically be reclaimed by the system. If thread has
already terminated, causes the resources of thread to be reclaimed by the system.
does not cause thread to terminate.
Once a detached thread has terminated, its resources, including the thread ID, may be reused by the system. The return status of a detached
thread is lost when the thread terminates.
Calling this function multiple times for the same thread results in undefined behavior.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, returns zero. Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error (the variable is not set).
ERRORS
If any of the following occur, the function returns the corresponding error number:
[EINVAL] thread does not refer to a joinable thread.
[ESRCH] No thread could be found corresponding to thread.
AUTHOR
was derived from the IEEE POSIX P1003.1c standard.
SEE ALSO
pthread_create(3T), pthread_join(3T), wait(2).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
Pthread Library pthread_detach(3T)