NAME

pthread_detach − dynamically detaching a thread

SYNOPSIS

POSIX

cc [ flag ... ] file ... −lpthread [ library ... ]

#include <pthread.h>
int pthread_detach(pthread_t threadID);

MT-LEVEL

MT-Safe

DESCRIPTION

pthread_detach() can dynamically reset the detachstate attribute of a thread to PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED. For example, a thread could detach itself as follows:

pthread_detach(pthread_self());

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, 0 is returned; otherwise, a non-zero value indicates an error. 

ERRORS

These functions fail and return the corresponding value, if any of the following conditions are detected:

EINVAL The value specified by threadID is not a joinable thread. 

ESRCH The value specified by threadID is not an existing thread ID. 

SEE ALSO

pthread_create(3T), pthread_join(3T)

SunOS 5.5  —  Last change: 30 Jun 1995