<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <TITLE>PTHREAD_WIN32_ATTACH_DETACH_NP manual page</TITLE> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 (Linux)"> <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20050505;322600"> <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20050505;22415600"> <!-- manual page source format generated by PolyglotMan v3.2, --> <!-- available at http://polyglotman.sourceforge.net/ --> </HEAD> <BODY LANG="en-GB" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" DIR="LTR"> <H4>POSIX Threads for Windows – REFERENCE - <A HREF="http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32">Pthreads-w32</A></H4> <P><A HREF="index.html">Reference Index</A></P> <P><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></P> <H2><A HREF="#toc0" NAME="sect0">Name</A></H2> <P STYLE="font-weight: medium">pthread_win32_process_attach_np, pthread_win32_process_detach_np, pthread_win32_thread_attach_np, pthread_win32_thread_detach_np – exposed versions of the pthreads-w32 DLL dllMain() switch functionality for use when statically linking the library.</P> <H2><A HREF="#toc1" NAME="sect1">Synopsis</A></H2> <P><B>#include <pthread.h></B> </P> <P><B>BOOL pthread_win32_process_attach_np (void);</B></P> <P><B>BOOL pthread_win32_process_detach_np (void);</B></P> <P><B>BOOL pthread_win32_thread_attach_np (void);</B></P> <P><B>BOOL pthread_win32_thread_detach_np (void);</B></P> <H2><A HREF="#toc2" NAME="sect2">Description</A></H2> <P>These functions contain the code normally run via <B>dllMain</B> when the library is used as a dll but which need to be called explicitly by an application when the library is statically linked.</P> <P>You will need to call <B>pthread_win32_process_attach_np</B> before you can call any pthread routines when statically linking. You should call <B>pthread_win32_process_detach_np</B> before exiting your application to clean up.</P> <P><B>pthread_win32_thread_attach_np</B> is currently a no-op, but <B>pthread_win32_thread_detach_np</B> is needed to clean up the implicit pthread handle that is allocated to a Win32 thread if it calls certain pthreads routines. Call this routine when the Win32 thread exits.</P> <P>These functions invariably return TRUE except for <B>pthread_win32_process_attach_np</B> which will return FALSE if pthreads-w32 initialisation fails.</P> <H2><A HREF="#toc3" NAME="sect3">Cancellation</A></H2> <P>None.</P> <H2><A HREF="#toc4" NAME="sect4"><FONT COLOR="#000080">Return Value</FONT></A></H2> <P>These routines return TRUE (non-zero) on success, or FALSE (0) if they fail.</P> <H2><A HREF="#toc5" NAME="sect5">Errors</A></H2> <P>None.</P> <H2><A HREF="#toc6" NAME="sect6">Author</A></H2> <P>Ross Johnson for use with <A HREF="http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32">Pthreads-w32</A>.</P> <HR> <P><A NAME="toc"></A><B>Table of Contents</B></P> <UL> <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect0" NAME="toc0">Name</A> </P> <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect1" NAME="toc1">Synopsis</A> </P> <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect2" NAME="toc2">Description</A> </P> <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect3" NAME="toc3">Cancellation</A> </P> <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect4" NAME="toc4">Return Value</A> </P> <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect5" NAME="toc5">Errors</A> </P> <LI><P><A HREF="#sect6" NAME="toc6">Author</A> </P> </UL> </BODY> </HTML>