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PTHREAD_ATTR_GETDETACHSTATE 3C "Mar 23, 2005"
NAME
pthread_attr_getdetachstate, pthread_attr_setdetachstate - get or set detachstate attribute
SYNOPSIS

cc -mt [ flag... ] file... -lpthread [ library... ]
#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_attr_setdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr,
 int detachstate);

int pthread_attr_getdetachstate(const pthread_attr_t *attr,
 int *detachstate);
DESCRIPTION

The detachstate attribute controls whether the thread is created in a detached state. If the thread is created detached, then use of the ID of the newly created thread by the pthread_detach() or pthread_join() function is an error.

The pthread_attr_setdetachstate() and pthread_attr_getdetachstate(), respectively, set and get the detachstate attribute in the attr object.

The detachstate can be set to either PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED or PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE. A value of PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED causes all threads created with attr to be in the detached state, whereas using a value of PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE causes all threads created with attr to be in the joinable state. The default value of the detachstate attribute is PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, pthread_attr_setdetachstate() and pthread_attr_getdetachstate() return a value of 0. Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.

The pthread_attr_getdetachstate() function stores the value of the detachstate attribute in detachstate if successful.

ERRORS

The pthread_attr_setdetachstate() or pthread_attr_getdetachstate() functions may fail if: EINVAL

attr or detachstate is invalid.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability Standard
MT-Level MT-Safe
SEE ALSO

pthread_attr_init(3C), pthread_attr_setstackaddr(3C), pthread_attr_setstacksize(3C), pthread_create(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)