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PTHREAD_COND_INIT(3)                    BSD Library Functions Manual                    PTHREAD_COND_INIT(3)

NAME
     pthread_cond_init -- create a condition variable

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pthread.h>

     int
     pthread_cond_init(pthread_cond_t *restrict cond, const pthread_condattr_t *restrict attr);

DESCRIPTION
     The pthread_cond_init() function creates a new condition variable, with attributes specified with attr.
     If attr is NULL, the default attributes are used.

RETURN VALUES
     If successful, the pthread_cond_init() function will return zero and put the new condition variable id
     into cond.  Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     pthread_cond_init() will fail if:

     [EAGAIN]           The system temporarily lacks the resources to create another condition variable.

     [EINVAL]           The value specified by attr is invalid.

     [ENOMEM]           The process cannot allocate enough memory to create another condition variable.

SEE ALSO
     pthread_cond_broadcast(3), pthread_cond_destroy(3), pthread_cond_signal(3), pthread_cond_timedwait(3),
     pthread_cond_wait(3)

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

BSD                                             July 28, 1998                                            BSD