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diff --git a/pthreads/manual/pthread_create.html b/pthreads/manual/pthread_create.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d1ebbc3e1 --- /dev/null +++ b/pthreads/manual/pthread_create.html @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> +<HTML> +<HEAD> + <META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8"> + <TITLE>PTHREAD_CREATE(3) manual page</TITLE> + <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 (Linux)"> + <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20050504;19394700"> + <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20050504;20140200"> + <!-- manual page source format generated by PolyglotMan v3.2, --> + <!-- available at http://polyglotman.sourceforge.net/ --> +</HEAD> +<BODY LANG="en-GB" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" DIR="LTR"> +<H4>POSIX Threads for Windows – REFERENCE - <A HREF="http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32">Pthreads-w32</A></H4> +<P><A HREF="index.html">Reference Index</A></P> +<P><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc0" NAME="sect0">Name</A></H2> +<P>pthread_create - create a new thread +</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc1" NAME="sect1">Synopsis</A></H2> +<P><B>#include <pthread.h></B> +</P> +<P><B>int pthread_create(pthread_t * </B><I>thread</I><B>, +pthread_attr_t * </B><I>attr</I><B>, void * (*</B><I>start_routine</I><B>)(void +*), void * </B><I>arg</I><B>);</B> +</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc2" NAME="sect2">Description</A></H2> +<P><B>pthread_create</B> creates a new thread of control that +executes concurrently with the calling thread. The new thread applies +the function <I>start_routine</I> passing it <I>arg</I> as first +argument. The new thread terminates either explicitly, by calling +<A HREF="pthread_exit.html"><B>pthread_exit</B>(3)</A> , or +implicitly, by returning from the <I>start_routine</I> function. The +latter case is equivalent to calling <A HREF="pthread_exit.html"><B>pthread_exit</B>(3)</A> +with the result returned by <I>start_routine</I> as exit code. +</P> +<P>The initial signal state of the new thread is inherited from it's +creating thread and there are no pending signals. <B>Pthreads-w32</B> +does not yet implement signals.</P> +<P>The <I>attr</I> argument specifies thread attributes to be applied +to the new thread. See <A HREF="pthread_attr_init.html"><B>pthread_attr_init</B>(3)</A> +for a complete list of thread attributes. The <I>attr</I> argument +can also be <B>NULL</B>, in which case default attributes are used: +the created thread is joinable (not detached) and has default (non +real-time) scheduling policy. +</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc3" NAME="sect3">Return Value</A></H2> +<P>On success, the identifier of the newly created thread is stored +in the location pointed by the <I>thread</I> argument, and a 0 is +returned. On error, a non-zero error code is returned. +</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc4" NAME="sect4">Errors</A></H2> +<DL> + <DT><B>EAGAIN</B> + </DT><DL> + <DL> + <DT> + Not enough system resources to create a process for the new + thread, or<BR>more than <B>PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX</B> threads are + already active. + </DT></DL> + </DL> +</DL> +<H2> +<A HREF="#toc5" NAME="sect5">Author</A></H2> +<P>Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr> +</P> +<P>Modified by Ross Johnson for use with <A HREF="http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32">Pthreads-w32</A>.</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc6" NAME="sect6">See Also</A></H2> +<P><A HREF="pthread_exit.html"><B>pthread_exit</B>(3)</A> , +<A HREF="pthread_join.html"><B>pthread_join</B>(3)</A> , +<A HREF="pthread_detach.html"><B>pthread_detach</B>(3)</A> , +<A HREF="pthread_attr_init.html"><B>pthread_attr_init</B>(3)</A> . +</P> +<HR> +<P><A NAME="toc"></A><B>Table of Contents</B></P> +<UL> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect0" NAME="toc0">Name</A> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect1" NAME="toc1">Synopsis</A> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect2" NAME="toc2">Description</A> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect3" NAME="toc3">Return + Value</A> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect4" NAME="toc4">Errors</A> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect5" NAME="toc5">Author</A> + </P> + <LI><P><A HREF="#sect6" NAME="toc6">See Also</A> + </P> +</UL> +</BODY> +</HTML> |