pthread_mutex_trylock Syntax

int pthread_mutex_trylock(pthread_mutex_t *mutex); 

#include <pthread.h>

pthread_mutex_t mutex;
int ret;

ret = pthread_mutex_trylock(&mutex); /* try to lock the mutex */

pthread_mutex_trylock() is a nonblocking version of pthread_mutex_lock(). If the mutex object referenced by mutex is currently locked by any thread, including the current thread, the call returns immediately. Otherwise, the mutex is locked and the calling thread is the owner.