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32 .Dt PTHREAD_COND_INIT 3
36 .Nd create a condition variable
42 .Fn pthread_cond_init "pthread_cond_t *cond" "const pthread_condattr_t *attr"
46 function creates a new condition variable, with attributes specified with
50 is NULL the default attributes are used.
54 function will return zero and put the new condition variable id into
56 otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
60 function will fail if:
63 The value specified by
67 The process cannot allocate enough memory to create another condition
70 The system temporarily lacks the resources to create another condition
74 .Xr pthread_condattr 3 ,
75 .Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3 ,
76 .Xr pthread_cond_destroy 3 ,
77 .Xr pthread_cond_signal 3 ,
78 .Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3 ,
79 .Xr pthread_cond_wait 3