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PTHREAD_DETACH(3)	     Library Functions Manual	       PTHREAD_DETACH(3)

NAME
     pthread_detach -- detach a thread

LIBRARY
     POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS
     #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 the thread  termi-
     nates.  If thread has not terminated, pthread_detach() will not cause it to
     terminate.   The effect of multiple pthread_detach() calls on the same tar-
     get thread is unspecified.

RETURN VALUES
     If successful, the pthread_detach() function will return  zero.   Otherwise
     an  error	number	will  be  returned to indicate the error.  Note that the
     function does not change the value of errno as it did for	some  drafts  of
     the standard.  These early drafts also passed a pointer to pthread_t as the
     argument.	Beware!

ERRORS
     The pthread_detach() function will fail if:

     [EINVAL]		The implementation has detected that the value specified
			by thread does not refer to a joinable thread.

     [ESRCH]		No thread could be found corresponding to that specified
			by the given thread ID, thread.

SEE ALSO
     pthread_join(3)

STANDARDS
     The pthread_detach() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 ("POSIX.1").

FreeBSD 15.1			  April 4, 1996 	       PTHREAD_DETACH(3)

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