pthread_detach()

Detach a thread from a process

Synopsis:

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_detach( pthread_t thread );

Arguments:

thread

The ID of the thread that you want to detach, which you can get when you call pthread_create() or pthread_self().

Library:

libc

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

Description:

The pthread_detach() function detaches the thread with the given ID from its process. When a detached thread terminates, all system resources allocated to that thread are immediately reclaimed.

Returns:

EOK

Success.

EINVAL

The thread thread is already detached.

ESRCH

The thread thread doesn't exist.

Classification:

POSIX 1003.1 THR

See also:

pthread_join(), ThreadDetach().