pthread_attr_setdetachstate, pthread_attr_getdetachstate - set/get detach state attribute in thread attributes object

#include <pthread.h>
int pthread_attr_setdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, int detachstate);
int pthread_attr_getdetachstate(const pthread_attr_t *attr,
 int *detachstate);

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 joinable state.

The default setting of the detach state attribute in a newly initialized 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 detachstate.

On success, these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero error number.

See pthread_attr_init(3).

pthread_attr_init(3), pthread_create(3), pthread_detach(3), pthread_join(3), pthreads(7)