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pthread_...tachstate(3) Library Functions Manualpthread_...tachstate(3)pthread_attr_setdetachstate, pthread_attr_getdetachstate - set/get detach state attribute in thread attributes object
POSIX threads library (libpthread,-lpthread)
#include <pthread.h>int pthread_attr_setdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, intdetachstate);int pthread_attr_getdetachstate(const pthread_attr_t *attr,int *detachstate);
Thepthread_attr_setdetachstate() function sets the detach state attribute of the thread attributes object referred to byattr to the value specified indetachstate. The detach state attribute determines whether a thread created using the thread attributes objectattr will be created in a joinable or a detached state. The following values may be specified indetachstate:PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED Threads that are created usingattr will be created in a detached state.PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE Threads that are created usingattr will be created in a joinable state. The default setting of the detach state attribute in a newly initialized thread attributes object isPTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE. Thepthread_attr_getdetachstate() returns the detach state attribute of the thread attributes objectattr in the buffer pointed to bydetachstate.
On success, these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero error number.
pthread_attr_setdetachstate() can fail with the following error:EINVALAn invalid value was specified indetachstate.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │pthread_attr_setdetachstate(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ │pthread_attr_getdetachstate() │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
POSIX.1-2008.
POSIX.1-2001.
Seepthread_create(3) for more details on detached and joinable threads. A thread that is created in a joinable state should eventually either be joined usingpthread_join(3) or detached usingpthread_detach(3); seepthread_create(3). It is an error to specify the thread ID of a thread that was created in a detached state in a later call topthread_detach(3) orpthread_join(3).
Seepthread_attr_init(3).
pthread_attr_init(3),pthread_create(3),pthread_detach(3),pthread_join(3),pthreads(7)
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