PTHREAD_ATTR_SETDETACHSTATE(3)				     Linux Programmer's Manual				    PTHREAD_ATTR_SETDETACHSTATE(3)

NAME

       pthread_attr_setdetachstate, pthread_attr_getdetachstate - set/get detach state attribute in thread attributes object

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pthread.h>

       int pthread_attr_setdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, int detachstate);
       int pthread_attr_getdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, int *detachstate);

       Compile and link with -pthread.

DESCRIPTION

       The pthread_attr_setdetachstate() function sets the detach state attribute of the thread attributes object referred to by attr to the value
       specified in detachstate.  The detach state attribute determines whether a thread created using the thread attributes object attr  will	be
       created in a joinable or a detached state.

       The following values may be specified in detachstate:

       PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED
	      Threads that are created using attr will be created in a detached state.

       PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
	      Threads that are created using attr will be created in a joinable state.

       The default setting of the detach state attribute in a newly initialized thread attributes object is PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.

       The  pthread_attr_getdetachstate()  returns  the  detach  state	attribute of the thread attributes object attr in the buffer pointed to by
       detachstate.

RETURN VALUE

       On success, these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero error number.

ERRORS

       pthread_attr_setdetachstate(3) can fail with the following error:

       EINVAL An invalid value was specified in detachstate.

CONFORMING TO

       POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES

       See pthread_create(3) for more details on detached and joinable threads.

       A thread that is created in a joinable state should eventually either be joined using pthread_join(3) or detached using	pthread_detach(3);
       see pthread_create(3).

       It  is  an  error  to  specify  the  thread  ID	of  a  thread that was created in a detached state in a later call to pthread_detach(3) or
       pthread_join(3).

EXAMPLE

       See pthread_attr_init(3).

SEE ALSO

       pthread_attr_init(3), pthread_create(3), pthread_detach(3), pthread_join(3), pthreads(7)

COLOPHON

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Linux								    2010-02-03					    PTHREAD_ATTR_SETDETACHSTATE(3)