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diff --git a/manual/pthread_detach.html b/manual/pthread_detach.html index 265a467..47c22cf 100644 --- a/manual/pthread_detach.html +++ b/manual/pthread_detach.html @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <TITLE>PTHREAD_DETACH(3) manual page</TITLE> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 (Linux)"> <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20050504;18010700"> - <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20050504;18032100"> + <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20050518;2342300"> <!-- manual page source format generated by PolyglotMan v3.2, --> <!-- available at http://polyglotman.sourceforge.net/ --> </HEAD> @@ -23,11 +23,12 @@ </P> <H2><A HREF="#toc2" NAME="sect2">Description</A></H2> <P><B>pthread_detach</B> puts the thread <I>th</I> in the detached -state. This guarantees that the memory resources consumed by <I>th</I> -will be freed immediately when <I>th</I> terminates. However, this +state. This guarantees that the resources consumed by <I>th</I> will +be freed immediately when <I>th</I> terminates. However, this prevents other threads from synchronizing on the termination of <I>th</I> -using <B>pthread_join</B>. -</P> +using <B>pthread_join</B>. If, when <B>pthread_detach</B> is called, +<I>th</I> has already terminated, all of <I>th</I>'s remaining +resources will be freed.</P> <P>A thread can be created initially in the detached state, using the <B>detachstate</B> attribute to <A HREF="pthread_create.html"><B>pthread_create</B>(3)</A> . In contrast, <B>pthread_detach</B> applies to threads created in @@ -37,8 +38,9 @@ later. <P>After <B>pthread_detach</B> completes, subsequent attempts to perform <B>pthread_join</B> on <I>th</I> will fail. If another thread is already joining the thread <I>th</I> at the time <B>pthread_detach</B> -is called, <B>pthread_detach</B> does nothing and leaves <I>th</I> in -the joinable state. +is called, <I>th</I> will be detached and <B>pthread_join</B><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: medium"> +will eventually return when <I>th</I> terminates but may not return +with <I>th</I>'s correct return code.</SPAN> </P> <H2><A HREF="#toc3" NAME="sect3">Return Value</A></H2> <P>On success, 0 is returned. On error, a non-zero error code is @@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ returned. <A HREF="#toc5" NAME="sect5">Author</A></H2> <P>Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr> </P> +<P>Modified by Ross Johnson for use with Pthreads-w32.</P> <H2><A HREF="#toc6" NAME="sect6">See Also</A></H2> <P><A HREF="pthread_create.html"><B>pthread_create</B>(3)</A> , <A HREF="pthread_join.html"><B>pthread_join</B>(3)</A> , @@ -83,4 +86,4 @@ returned. </P> </UL> </BODY> -</HTML> +</HTML>
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