hpux man page for pthread_testcancel

Query: pthread_testcancel

OS: hpux

Section: 3t

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pthread_testcancel(3T)													    pthread_testcancel(3T)

NAME
pthread_testcancel() - process any pending cancellation requests
SYNOPSIS
PARAMETERS
None.
DESCRIPTION
The function checks for any pending cancellation requests against the calling thread. If a cancellation request is pending and the calling thread has its cancelability state enabled, the cancellation request will be acted upon. If the cancelability state of the calling thread is disabled, this function will have no effect.
RETURN VALUE
None. The function does not return a value. If the calling thread acts upon a cancellation request, this function will not return; the calling thread will be terminated.
ERRORS
None.
AUTHOR
was derived from the IEEE POSIX P1003.1c standard.
SEE ALSO
pthread_exit(3T), pthread_join(3T), pthread_setcancelstate(3T), pthread_setcanceltype(3T), pthread_cleanup_push(3T), pthread_cleanup_pop(3T), pthread_cond_wait(3T), pthread_cond_timedwait(3T).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
Pthread Library pthread_testcancel(3T)
Related Man Pages
pthread_setcanceltype(3t) - hpux
pthread_testcancel(3) - opendarwin
pthread_testcancel(3) - bsd
pthread_testcancel(3) - xfree86
pthread_testcancel(3) - plan9
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