PTHREAD_COND_DESTROY(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_COND_DESTROY(3)
NAME
pthread_cond_destroy -- destroy a condition variable
LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
int
pthread_cond_destroy(pthread_cond_t *cond);
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_cond_destroy() function frees the resources allocated by the condition variable cond.
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
A condition variable can be destroyed immediately after all the threads that are blocked on it are awakened.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, the pthread_cond_destroy() function will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The pthread_cond_destroy() function will fail if:
[EINVAL] The value specified by cond is invalid.
[EBUSY] The variable cond is locked by another thread.
SEE ALSO
pthread_cond_broadcast(3), pthread_cond_init(3), pthread_cond_signal(3), pthread_cond_timedwait(3), pthread_cond_wait(3)
STANDARDS
The pthread_cond_destroy() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'').
BSD
July 28, 1998 BSD