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30.Dd July 28, 1998
31.Dt PTHREAD_COND_DESTROY 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm pthread_cond_destroy
35.Nd destroy a condition variable
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libpthread
38.Lb libthr
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In pthread.h
41.Ft int
42.Fn pthread_cond_destroy "pthread_cond_t *cond"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn pthread_cond_destroy
46function frees the resources allocated by the condition variable
47.Fa cond .
48.Sh RETURN VALUES
49If successful, the
50.Fn pthread_cond_destroy
51function will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned
52to indicate the error.
53.Sh ERRORS
54The
55.Fn pthread_cond_destroy
56function will fail if:
57.Bl -tag -width Er
58.It Bq Er EINVAL
59The value specified by
60.Fa cond
61is invalid.
62.It Bq Er EBUSY
63The variable
64.Fa cond
65is locked by another thread.
66.El
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3 ,
69.Xr pthread_cond_init 3 ,
70.Xr pthread_cond_signal 3 ,
71.Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3 ,
72.Xr pthread_cond_wait 3
73.Sh STANDARDS
74The
75.Fn pthread_cond_destroy
76function conforms to
77.St -p1003.1-96 .
78