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diff --git a/pthreads/manual/pthread_delay_np.html b/pthreads/manual/pthread_delay_np.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ce533e24e --- /dev/null +++ b/pthreads/manual/pthread_delay_np.html @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +<!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_DELAY_NP manual page</TITLE> + <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 (Linux)"> + <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20050505;322600"> + <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20050505;21371500"> + <!-- 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 STYLE="font-weight: medium">pthread_delay_np – suspend the +thread for a specified period</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc1" NAME="sect1">Synopsis</A></H2> +<P><B>#include <pthread.h></B> +</P> +<P><B>int pthread_delay_np (const struct timespec *</B>interval<B>);</B></P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc2" NAME="sect2">Description</A></H2> +<P><B>pthread_delay_np</B> causes a thread to delay execution for a +specific period of time. This period ends at the current time plus +the specified interval. The routine will not return before the end of +the period is reached, but may return an arbitrary amount of time +after the period has gone by. This can be due to system load, thread +priorities, and system timer granularity.</P> +<P>Specifying an interval of zero (0) seconds and zero (0) +nanoseconds is allowed and can be used to force the thread to give up +the processor or to deliver a pending cancellation request.</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc3" NAME="sect3">Cancellation</A></H2> +<P><B>pthread_delay_np </B>is a cancellation point.</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc4" NAME="sect4">Return Value</A></H2> +<P>If an error condition occurs, <B>pthread_delay_np</B> returns an +integer value indicating the type of error.</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc5" NAME="sect5">Errors</A></H2> +<P>The <B>pthread_delay_np</B> function returns the following error +code on error: +</P> +<DL> + <DL> + <DT STYLE="margin-right: 1cm; margin-bottom: 0.5cm"><B>EINVAL</B> + </DT></DL> +</DL> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 2cm"> +The value specified by interval is invalid.</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc6" NAME="sect6">Author</A></H2> +<P>Ross Johnson for use with <A HREF="http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32">Pthreads-w32</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">Cancellation</A> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect4" NAME="toc4">Return + Value</A> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect5" NAME="toc5">Errors</A> + </P> + <LI><P><A HREF="#sect6" NAME="toc6">Author</A> + </P> +</UL> +</BODY> +</HTML> |