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 terminates. If thread has not terminated, pthread_detach() will not cause it to terminate. The effect of multiple pthread_detach() calls on the same target 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.

ERRORS

pthread_detach() shall fail if:

[EINVAL]

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 function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”).