NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     pthread_cond_wait -- wait on a condition variable

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Reentrant C Library (libc_r, -lc_r)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <pthread.h>

     int
     pthread_cond_wait(pthread_cond_t *cond, pthread_mutex_t *mutex);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pthread_cond_wait() function atomically blocks the current thread
     waiting on the condition variable specified by cond, and unblocks the
     mutex specified by mutex.	The waiting thread unblocks only after another
     thread calls pthread_cond_signal(3), or pthread_cond_broadcast(3) with
     the same condition variable, and the current thread reacquires the lock
     on mutex.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     If successful, the pthread_cond_wait() function will return zero.	Otherwise
 an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pthread_cond_wait() function will fail if:

     [EINVAL]		The value specified by cond or the value specified by
			mutex is invalid.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     pthread_cond_broadcast(3), pthread_cond_destroy(3), pthread_cond_init(3),
     pthread_cond_signal(3), pthread_cond_timedwait(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pthread_cond_wait() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996
     (``POSIX.1'').


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