PTHREAD_MU

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     pthread_mutex_destroy - free resources allocated for a mutex

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <pthread.h>

     int
     pthread_mutex_destroy(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pthread_mutex_destroy() function frees the resources allocated for
     mutex.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     If successful,  pthread_mutex_destroy()  will  return  zero,
otherwise an error
 number will be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     pthread_mutex_destroy() will fail if:

     [EINVAL]      The value specified by mutex is invalid.

     [EBUSY]       mutex is locked by another thread.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     pthread_mutex_init(3),   pthread_mutex_lock(3),  pthread_mutex_trylock(3),
     pthread_mutex_unlock(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

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

OpenBSD      3.6                           July      29,     1998