pthread_detach(3C) Standard C Library Functions pthread_detach(3C)NAMEpthread_detach - detach a thread
SYNOPSIS
cc -mt [ flag... ] file... -lpthread [ library... ]
#include <pthread.h>
int pthread_detach(pthread_t thread);
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_detach() function is used to indicate to the implementation
that storage for the thread thread can be reclaimed when that thread
terminates. In other words, pthread_detach() dynamically resets the
detachstate attribute of the thread to PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED. After a
successful call to this function, it would not be necessary to reclaim
the thread using pthread_join(). See pthread_join(3C). If thread has
not terminated, pthread_detach() will not cause it to terminate. The
effect of multiple pthread_detach() calls on the same target thread is
unspecified.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, pthread_detach() returns 0. Otherwise, an error number
is returned to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The pthread_detach() function will fail if:
EINVAL The implementation has detected that the value speci‐
fied by thread does not refer to a joinable thread.
ESRCH No thread could be found corresponding to that speci‐
fied by the given thread ID.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │Standard │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│MT-Level │MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
SEE ALSOpthread_create(3C), pthread_join(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)SunOS 5.10 23 Mar 2005 pthread_detach(3C)
