netbsd man page for pthread_attr_getdetachstate

PTHREAD_ATTR_GETDETACHSTATE(3)				   BSD Library Functions Manual 			    PTHREAD_ATTR_GETDETACHSTATE(3)

NAME
     pthread_attr_getdetachstate -- get and set the ``detach state'' attribute

LIBRARY
     POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pthread.h>

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

     int
     pthread_attr_setdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, int detachstate);

DESCRIPTION
     The attribute parameters for the pthread_attr_getdetachstate() and pthread_attr_setdetachstate() functions are mutually exclusive and must be
     one of:

       PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE	The threads must explicitly be waited for using the pthread_join(3) function once they exit for their status to be
				received and their resources to be freed.  This is the default.

       PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED	The thread's resources will automatically be freed once the thread exits, and the thread will not be joined.

     If the thread is created as detached, it is an error to use the thread ID with pthread_detach(3) or pthread_join(3).

RETURN VALUES
     If successful, these functions return 0.  Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     No errors are defined for pthread_attr_getdetachstate().

     The pthread_attr_setdetachstate() function should fail if:

     [EINVAL]		The value specified by detachstate is invalid.

SEE ALSO
     pthread_attr(3), pthread_detach(3), pthread_join(3)

STANDARDS
     Both functions conform to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').

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								   July 9, 2010 							       BSD