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diff --git a/pthreads/manual/pthread_detach.html b/pthreads/manual/pthread_detach.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..252adb813 --- /dev/null +++ b/pthreads/manual/pthread_detach.html @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +<!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_DETACH(3) manual page</TITLE> + <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)"> + <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20050504;18010700"> + <META NAME="CHANGEDBY" CONTENT="Ross Johnson"> + <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20060408;9255600"> + <!-- 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_detach - put a running thread in the detached state +</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc1" NAME="sect1">Synopsis</A></H2> +<P><B>#include <pthread.h></B> +</P> +<P><B>int pthread_detach(pthread_t </B><I>th</I><B>);</B> +</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc2" NAME="sect2">Description</A></H2> +<P><B>pthread_detach</B> puts the thread <I>th</I> in the detached +state. This guarantees that the resources consumed by <I>th</I> will +be freed immediately when <I>th</I> terminates. However, this +prevents other threads from synchronizing on the termination of <I>th</I> +using <B>pthread_join</B>. If, when <B>pthread_detach</B> is called, +<I>th</I> has already terminated, all of <I>th</I>'s remaining +resources will be freed.</P> +<P>A thread can be created initially in the detached state, using the +<B>detachstate</B> attribute to <A HREF="pthread_create.html"><B>pthread_create</B>(3)</A> +. In contrast, <B>pthread_detach</B> applies to threads created in +the joinable state, and which need to be put in the detached state +later. +</P> +<P>After <B>pthread_detach</B> completes, subsequent attempts to +perform <B>pthread_join</B> on <I>th</I> will fail. If another thread +is already joining the thread <I>th</I> at the time <B>pthread_detach</B> +is called, <I>th</I> will be detached and <B>pthread_join</B> will +eventually return when <I>th</I> terminates but may not return with +<I>th</I>'s correct return code. +</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc3" NAME="sect3">Return Value</A></H2> +<P>On success, 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>ESRCH</B> + </DT><DD> + No thread could be found corresponding to that specified by <I>th</I> + </DD><DT> + <B>EINVAL</B> + </DT><DD STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.5cm"> + the thread <I>th</I> is already in the detached state + </DD></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 Pthreads-w32.</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc6" NAME="sect6">See Also</A></H2> +<P><A HREF="pthread_create.html"><B>pthread_create</B>(3)</A> , +<A HREF="pthread_join.html"><B>pthread_join</B>(3)</A> , +<A HREF="pthread_attr_init.html"><B>pthread_attr_setdetachstate</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>
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