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       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       pthread_attr_getdetachstate, pthread_attr_setdetachstate — get and set the detachstate
       attribute

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pthread.h>

       int pthread_attr_getdetachstate(const pthread_attr_t *attr,
           int *detachstate);
       int pthread_attr_setdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, int detachstate);

DESCRIPTION

       The detachstate attribute controls whether the thread is created in a detached state.   If
       the  thread  is  created  detached,  then use of the ID of the newly created thread by the
       pthread_detach() or pthread_join() function is an error.

       The    pthread_attr_getdetachstate()    and    pthread_attr_setdetachstate()    functions,
       respectively, shall get and set the detachstate attribute in the attr object.

       For    pthread_attr_getdetachstate(),    detachstate    shall    be    set    to    either
       PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED or PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.

       For  pthread_attr_setdetachstate(),  the  application  shall  set  detachstate  to  either
       PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED or PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.

       A  value of PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED shall cause all threads created with attr to be in the
       detached state, whereas using a value of PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE shall cause  all  threads
       created  with  attr  to  be  in  the  joinable state. The default value of the detachstate
       attribute shall be PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.

       The  behavior  is  undefined  if  the  value   specified   by   the   attr   argument   to
       pthread_attr_getdetachstate()  or  pthread_attr_setdetachstate()  does  not  refer  to  an
       initialized thread attributes object.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon        successful        completion,        pthread_attr_getdetachstate()         and
       pthread_attr_setdetachstate()  shall return a value of 0; otherwise, an error number shall
       be returned to indicate the error.

       The pthread_attr_getdetachstate() function stores the value of the  detachstate  attribute
       in detachstate if successful.

ERRORS

       The pthread_attr_setdetachstate() function shall fail if:

       EINVAL The value of detachstate was not valid

       These functions shall not return an error code of [EINTR].

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

   Retrieving the detachstate Attribute
       This example shows how to obtain the detachstate attribute of a thread attribute object.

           #include <pthread.h>

           pthread_attr_t thread_attr;
           int            detachstate;
           int            rc;

           /* code initializing thread_attr */
           ...

           rc = pthread_attr_getdetachstate (&thread_attr, &detachstate);
           if (rc!=0) {
               /* handle error */
               ...
           }
           else {
               /* legal values for detachstate are:
                * PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED or PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
                */
                ...
           }

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       If   an  implementation  detects  that  the  value  specified  by  the  attr  argument  to
       pthread_attr_getdetachstate()  or  pthread_attr_setdetachstate()  does  not  refer  to  an
       initialized  thread attributes object, it is recommended that the function should fail and
       report an [EINVAL] error.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       pthread_attr_destroy(), pthread_attr_getstacksize(), pthread_create()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <pthread.h>

COPYRIGHT

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       1003.1,  2013  Edition,  Standard  for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System
       Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013  by  the
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