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.\" Copyright (c) 2004, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
.TH libpthread 3LIB "22 Mar 2013" "SunOS 5.11" "Interface Libraries"
.SH NAME
libpthread \- POSIX threads library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc -mt [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lpthread\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
Historically, functions in this library provided POSIX threading support. See \fBstandards\fR(5). This functionality now resides in \fBlibc\fR(3LIB).
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.LP
This library is maintained to provide backward compatibility for both runtime and compilation environments. The shared object is implemented as a filter on \fBlibc.so.1\fR.
.SH INTERFACES
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.LP
The shared object \fBlibpthread.so.1\fR provides the public interfaces defined below. See \fBIntro\fR(3) for additional information on shared object interfaces.
.sp

.sp
.TS
tab();
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.
\fB__pthread_cleanup_pop\fR\fB__pthread_cleanup_push\fR
\fBpthread_attr_destroy\fR\fBpthread_attr_getdetachstate\fR
\fBpthread_attr_getguardsize\fR\fBpthread_attr_getinheritsched\fR
\fBpthread_attr_getschedparam\fR\fBpthread_attr_getschedpolicy\fR
\fBpthread_attr_getscope\fR\fBpthread_attr_getstackaddr\fR
\fBpthread_attr_getstacksize\fR\fBpthread_attr_init\fR
\fBpthread_attr_setdetachstate\fR\fBpthread_attr_setguardsize\fR
\fBpthread_attr_setinheritsched\fR\fBpthread_attr_setschedparam\fR
\fBpthread_attr_setschedpolicy\fR\fBpthread_attr_setscope\fR
\fBpthread_attr_setstackaddr\fR\fBpthread_attr_setstacksize\fR
\fBpthread_cancel\fR\fBpthread_cond_broadcast\fR
\fBpthread_cond_destroy\fR\fBpthread_cond_init\fR
\fBpthread_cond_reltimedwait_np\fR\fBpthread_cond_signal\fR
\fBpthread_cond_timedwait\fR\fBpthread_cond_wait\fR
\fBpthread_condattr_destroy\fR\fBpthread_condattr_getpshared\fR
\fBpthread_condattr_init\fR\fBpthread_condattr_setpshared\fR
\fBpthread_create\fR\fBpthread_detach\fR
\fBpthread_equal\fR\fBpthread_exit\fR
\fBpthread_getconcurrency\fR\fBpthread_getschedparam\fR
\fBpthread_getspecific\fR\fBpthread_join\fR
\fBpthread_key_create\fR\fBpthread_key_delete\fR
\fBpthread_kill\fR\fBpthread_mutex_consistent_np\fR
\fBpthread_mutex_destroy\fR\fBpthread_mutex_getprioceiling\fR
\fBpthread_mutex_init\fR\fBpthread_mutex_lock\fR
\fBpthread_mutex_setprioceiling\fR\fBpthread_mutex_trylock\fR
\fBpthread_mutex_unlock\fR\fBpthread_mutexattr_destroy\fR
\fBpthread_mutexattr_getprioceiling\fR\fBpthread_mutexattr_getprotocol\fR
\fBpthread_mutexattr_getpshared\fR\fBpthread_mutexattr_getrobust_np\fR
\fBpthread_mutexattr_gettype\fR\fBpthread_mutexattr_init\fR
\fBpthread_mutexattr_setprioceiling\fR\fBpthread_mutexattr_setprotocol\fR
\fBpthread_mutexattr_setpshared\fR\fBpthread_mutexattr_setrobust_np\fR
\fBpthread_mutexattr_settype\fR\fBpthread_once\fR
\fBpthread_rwlock_destroy\fR\fBpthread_rwlock_init\fR
\fBpthread_rwlock_rdlock\fR\fBpthread_rwlock_tryrdlock\fR
\fBpthread_rwlock_trywrlock\fR\fBpthread_rwlock_unlock\fR
\fBpthread_rwlock_wrlock\fR\fBpthread_rwlockattr_destroy\fR
\fBpthread_rwlockattr_getpshared\fR\fBpthread_rwlockattr_init\fR
\fBpthread_rwlockattr_setpshared\fR\fBpthread_self\fR
\fBpthread_setcancelstate\fR\fBpthread_setcanceltype\fR
\fBpthread_setconcurrency\fR\fBpthread_setschedparam\fR
\fBpthread_setspecific\fR\fBpthread_sigmask\fR
\fBpthread_testcancel\fR
.TE

.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/lib/libpthread.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
.rt  
a filter on \fB/lib/libc.so.1\fR
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.mk
.na
\fB\fB/lib/64/libpthread.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
.rt  
a filter on \fB/lib/64/libc.so.1\fR
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
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.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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.sp
.TS
tab() box;
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ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Availabilitysystem/library
_
MT-LevelSafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
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.LP
\fBpvs\fR(1), \fBIntro\fR(2), \fBIntro\fR(3), \fBlibc\fR(3LIB), \fBlibc_db\fR(3LIB), \fBlibthread\fR(3LIB), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5), \fBthreads\fR(5)