freebsd man page for pthread_mutex_destroy

Query: pthread_mutex_destroy

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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
LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)
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
The pthread_mutex_destroy() function will fail if: [EINVAL] The value specified by mutex is invalid. [EBUSY] Mutex is locked by another thread.
SEE ALSO
pthread_mutex_init(3), pthread_mutex_lock(3), pthread_mutex_trylock(3), pthread_mutex_unlock(3)
STANDARDS
The pthread_mutex_destroy() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'').
BSD
July 29, 1998 BSD
Related Man Pages
pthread_mutex_unlock(3) - mojave
pthread_mutex_init(3) - mojave
pthread_mutex_init(3) - osx
pthread_mutex_timedlock(3) - freebsd
pthread_mutex_lock(3) - freebsd
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