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pthread_attr_setdetachstate()

Set thread detach state attribute

Synopsis:

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_attr_setdetachstate(
                 pthread_attr_t* attr,
                 int detachstate );

Arguments:

attr

A pointer to the pthread_attr_t structure that defines the attributes to use when creating new threads. For more information, see pthread_attr_init().

detachstate

The new value for the thread detach state:

• PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE -- create the thread in a joinable state.
• PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED -- create the thread in a detached state.

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

Description:

The pthread_attr_setdetachstate() function sets the thread detach state attribute in the thread attribute object attr to detachstate.

The default value for the thread detach state is PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.

Returns:

EOK

Success.

EINVAL

Invalid thread detach state value.

Classification:

POSIX 1003.1 THR

See also:

pthread_attr_getdetachstate(), pthread_attr_init(), pthread_create(), pthread_detach(), pthread_join().