PTHREAD_COND_INIT(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_COND_INIT(3)
NAME
pthread_cond_init -- create a condition variable
LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
int
pthread_cond_init(pthread_cond_t *cond, const pthread_condattr_t *attr);
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_cond_init() function creates a new condition variable, with attributes specified with attr. If attr is NULL the default
attributes are used.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, the pthread_cond_init() function will return zero and put the new condition variable id into cond, otherwise an error number
will be returned to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The pthread_cond_init() function will fail if:
[EINVAL] The value specified by attr is invalid.
[ENOMEM] The process cannot allocate enough memory to create another condition variable.
[EAGAIN] The system temporarily lacks the resources to create another condition variable.
SEE ALSO
pthread_cond_broadcast(3), pthread_cond_destroy(3), pthread_cond_signal(3), pthread_cond_timedwait(3), pthread_cond_wait(3),
pthread_condattr(3)
STANDARDS
The pthread_cond_init() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'').
BSD
November 4, 2006 BSD