mojave man page for pthread_mutex_trylock

Query: pthread_mutex_trylock

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PTHREAD_MUTEX_TRYLOCK(3)				   BSD Library Functions Manual 				  PTHREAD_MUTEX_TRYLOCK(3)

NAME
pthread_mutex_trylock -- attempt to lock a mutex without blocking
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_mutex_trylock(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_mutex_trylock() function locks mutex. If the mutex is already locked, pthread_mutex_trylock() will not block waiting for the mutex, but will return an error condition.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, pthread_mutex_trylock() will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The pthread_mutex_trylock() function will fail if: [EINVAL] The value specified by mutex is invalid. [EBUSY] Mutex is already locked.
SEE ALSO
pthread_mutex_destroy(3), pthread_mutex_init(3), pthread_mutex_lock(3), pthread_mutex_unlock(3)
STANDARDS
The pthread_mutex_trylock() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'').
BSD
July 30, 1998 BSD
Related Man Pages
pthread_mutex_lock(3c) - sunos
pthread_mutex_unlock(3) - netbsd
pthread_mutex_trylock(3) - osf1
pthread_mutex_init(3) - osx
pthread_mutex_timedlock(3) - freebsd
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