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28.Dd August 17, 2018
29.Dt PTHREAD_COND_INIT 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm pthread_cond_init
33.Nd create a condition variable
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libpthread
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In pthread.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn pthread_cond_init "pthread_cond_t *restrict cond" "const pthread_condattr_t *restrict attr"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn pthread_cond_init
43function creates a new condition variable, with attributes specified with
44.Fa attr .
45If
46.Fa attr
47is NULL the default attributes are used.
48.Sh RETURN VALUES
49If successful, the
50.Fn pthread_cond_init
51function will return zero and put the new condition variable id into
52.Fa cond ,
53otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
54.Sh ERRORS
55The
56.Fn pthread_cond_init
57function will fail if:
58.Bl -tag -width Er
59.It Bq Er EINVAL
60The value specified by
61.Fa attr
62is invalid.
63.It Bq Er ENOMEM
64The process cannot allocate enough memory to create another condition
65variable.
66.It Bq Er EAGAIN
67The system temporarily lacks the resources to create another condition
68variable.
69.El
70.Sh SEE ALSO
71.Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3 ,
72.Xr pthread_cond_destroy 3 ,
73.Xr pthread_cond_signal 3 ,
74.Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3 ,
75.Xr pthread_cond_wait 3 ,
76.Xr pthread_condattr 3
77.Sh STANDARDS
78The
79.Fn pthread_cond_init
80function conforms to
81.St -p1003.1-96 .
82