freebsd man page for pthread_yield

PTHREAD_YIELD(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					  PTHREAD_YIELD(3)

NAME
     pthread_yield -- yield control of the current thread

LIBRARY
     POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pthread.h>

     void
     pthread_yield(void);

DESCRIPTION
     The pthread_yield() forces the running thread to relinquish the processor until it again becomes the head of its thread list.

SEE ALSO
     sched_yield(2)

STANDARDS
     The pthread_yield() is a non-portable (but quite common) extension to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').

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								September 18, 2006							       BSD