Part II POSIX 1003.1c (pthread) Routines Reference

Part II provides detailed descriptions of routines that make up the DECthreads POSIX interface. These routines, prefixed pthread, are the DECthreads implementation of the POSIX Standard 1003.1c-1995 that is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society.

Note: The pthread routines described in this guide are based on the final POSIX 1003.1c-1995 standard approved by the IEEE. DECthreads users should be aware that applications written to the 1003.4a Draft 4 interfaces will require significant modifications to upgrade to the new interfaces.

Note that errno is NOT used by these routines. To indicate errors, the pthread routines return integer values indicating the type of error.

Routine names ending with the _np suffix denote that the routine is not portable - the routine might not be available in implementations of POSIX 1003.1c other than DECthreads.