Getting the Detach State

Use pthread_attr_getdetachstate(3C) to retrieve the thread create state, which can be either detached or joined.

pthread_attr_getdetachstate Syntax

int pthread_attr_getdetachstate(const pthread_attr_t *tattr, int *detachstate;

#include <pthread.h> 
pthread_attr_t tattr; 
int detachstate; 
int ret; 
/* get detachstate of thread */ 
ret = pthread_attr_getdetachstate (&tattr, &detachstate);

pthread_attr_getdetachstate Return Values

pthread_attr_getdetachstate() returns zero after completing successfully. Any other return value indicates that an error occurred. If the following condition occurs, the function fails and returns the corresponding value.

EINVAL

Description:

Indicates that the value of detachstate is NULL or tattr is invalid.