pthread_attr_setdetachstate(3)

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NAME

6       pthread_attr_setdetachstate,   pthread_attr_getdetachstate   -  set/get
7       detach state attribute in thread attributes object
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SYNOPSIS

10       #include <pthread.h>
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12       int pthread_attr_setdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, int detachstate);
13       int pthread_attr_getdetachstate(const pthread_attr_t *attr, int *detachstate);
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15       Compile and link with -pthread.
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DESCRIPTION

18       The  pthread_attr_setdetachstate()  function  sets  the  detach   state
19       attribute  of  the  thread attributes object referred to by attr to the
20       value specified in detachstate.  The detach state attribute  determines
21       whether  a  thread created using the thread attributes object attr will
22       be created in a joinable or a detached state.
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24       The following values may be specified in detachstate:
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27              Threads that are  created  using  attr  will  be  created  in  a
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31              Threads  that  are created using attr will be created in a join‐
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34       The default setting of the detach state attribute in a  newly  initial‐
35       ized thread attributes object is PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
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37       The pthread_attr_getdetachstate() returns the detach state attribute of
38       the thread attributes object attr in the buffer pointed to  by  detach‐
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RETURN VALUE

42       On  success,  these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero
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ERRORS

46       pthread_attr_setdetachstate() can fail with the following error:
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ATTRIBUTES

51       For  an  explanation  of  the  terms  used   in   this   section,   see
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54       ┌───────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
55       │Interface                      │ Attribute     │ Value   │
56       ├───────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
57       │pthread_attr_setdetachstate(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
58       │pthread_attr_getdetachstate()  │               │         │
59       └───────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO

61       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
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NOTES

64       See  pthread_create(3)  for  more  details  on  detached  and  joinable
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67       A  thread  that is created in a joinable state should eventually either
68       be joined using pthread_join(3) or  detached  using  pthread_detach(3);
69       see pthread_create(3).
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71       It is an error to specify the thread ID of a thread that was created in
72       a  detached  state  in   a   later   call   to   pthread_detach(3)   or
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EXAMPLE

76       See pthread_attr_init(3).
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