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NAME
       pthread_attr_setdetachstate,   pthread_attr_getdetachstate   -  set/get
       detach state attribute in thread attributes object
SYNOPSIS
       #include <pthread.h>
       int pthread_attr_setdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, int detachstate);
       int pthread_attr_getdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, int *detachstate);
       Compile and link with -pthread.
DESCRIPTION
       The  pthread_attr_setdetachstate()  function  sets  the  detach   state
       attribute  of  the  thread attributes object referred to by attr to the
       value specified in detachstate.  The detach state attribute  determines
       whether  a  thread created using the thread attributes object attr will
       be created in a joinable or a detached state.
       The following values may be specified in detachstate:
       PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED
              Threads that are  created  using  attr  will  be  created  in  a
              detached state.
       PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
              Threads  that  are created using attr will be created in a join-
              able state.
       The default setting of the detach state attribute in a  newly  initial-
       ized thread attributes object is PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
       The pthread_attr_getdetachstate() returns the detach state attribute of
       the thread attributes object attr in the buffer pointed to  by  detach-
       state.
RETURN VALUE
       On  success,  these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero
       error number.
ERRORS
       pthread_attr_setdetachstate() can fail with the following error:
       EINVAL An invalid value was specified in detachstate.
CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
       See  pthread_create(3)  for  more  details  on  detached  and  joinable
       threads.
       A  thread  that is created in a joinable state should eventually either
       be joined using pthread_join(3) or  detached  using  pthread_detach(3);
       see pthread_create(3).
       It is an error to specify the thread ID of a thread that was created in
       a  detached  state  in   a   later   call   to   pthread_detach(3)   or
       pthread_join(3).
EXAMPLE
       See pthread_attr_init(3).
SEE ALSO
       pthread_attr_init(3),       pthread_create(3),       pthread_detach(3),
       pthread_join(3), pthreads(7)
COLOPHON
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Linux                             2010-02-03    PTHREAD_ATTR_SETDETACHSTATE(3)