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PTHREAD_MUTEX_DESTROY(3)				   BSD Library Functions Manual 				  PTHREAD_MUTEX_DESTROY(3)

NAME
pthread_mutex_destroy -- free resources allocated for a mutex SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_mutex_destroy(pthread_mutex_t *mutex); DESCRIPTION
The pthread_mutex_destroy() function frees the resources allocated for mutex. RETURN VALUES
If successful, pthread_mutex_destroy() will return zero. Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error. ERRORS
pthread_mutex_destroy() will fail if: [EBUSY] Mutex is locked by a thread. [EINVAL] The value specified by mutex is invalid. SEE ALSO
pthread_mutex_init(3), pthread_mutex_lock(3), pthread_mutex_trylock(3), pthread_mutex_unlock(3) STANDARDS
pthread_mutex_destroy() conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1''). BSD
July 29, 1998 BSD

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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 LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread) 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
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