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30.Dd July 28, 1998
31.Dt PTHREAD_COND_INIT 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm pthread_cond_init
35.Nd create a condition variable
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libc_r
38.Lb libpthread
39.Lb libthr
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.In pthread.h
42.Ft int
43.Fn pthread_cond_init "pthread_cond_t *cond" "const pthread_condattr_t *attr"
44.Sh DESCRIPTION
45The
46.Fn pthread_cond_init
47function creates a new condition variable, with attributes specified with
48.Fa attr .
49If
50.Fa attr
51is NULL the default attributes are used.
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53If successful, the
54.Fn pthread_cond_init
55function will return zero and put the new condition variable id into
56.Fa cond ,
57otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
58.Sh ERRORS
59The
60.Fn pthread_cond_init
61function will fail if:
62.Bl -tag -width Er
63.It Bq Er EINVAL
64The value specified by
65.Fa attr
66is invalid.
67.It Bq Er ENOMEM
68The process cannot allocate enough memory to create another condition
69variable.
70.It Bq Er EAGAIN
71The system temporarily lacks the resources to create another condition
72variable.
73.El
74.Sh SEE ALSO
75.Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3 ,
76.Xr pthread_cond_destroy 3 ,
77.Xr pthread_cond_signal 3 ,
78.Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3 ,
79.Xr pthread_cond_wait 3
80.Sh STANDARDS
81The
82.Fn pthread_cond_init
83function conforms to
84.St -p1003.1-96 .
85