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PTHREAD_JOIN(3)                         BSD Library Functions Manual                         PTHREAD_JOIN(3)

NAME
     pthread_join -- wait for thread termination

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pthread.h>

     int
     pthread_join(pthread_t thread, void **value_ptr);

DESCRIPTION
     The pthread_join() function suspends execution of the calling thread until the target thread termi-nates, terminates,
     nates, unless the target thread has already terminated.

     On return from a successful pthread_join() call with a non-NULL value_ptr argument, the value passed to
     pthread_exit() by the terminating thread is stored in the location referenced by value_ptr.  When a
     pthread_join() returns successfully, the target thread has been terminated.  The results of multiple
     simultaneous calls to pthread_join(), specifying the same target thread, are undefined.  If the thread
     calling pthread_join() is cancelled, the target thread is not detached.

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

ERRORS
     pthread_join() will fail if:

     [EDEADLK]          A deadlock was detected or the value of thread specifies the calling thread.

     [EINVAL]           The implementation has detected that the value specified by thread does not refer to
                        a joinable thread.

     [ESRCH]            No thread could be found corresponding to that specified by the given thread ID,
                        thread.

SEE ALSO
     wait(2), pthread_create(3)

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

BSD                                             April 4, 1996                                            BSD