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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1996 John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
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| 12 | .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software | |
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| 14 | .\" This product includes software developed by John Birrell. | |
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| 19 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY JOHN BIRRELL AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND | |
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| 31 | .\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc_r/man/pthread_getspecific.3,v 1.6.2.3 2001/08/17 15:42:51 ru Exp $ | |
| 32 | .\" | |
| 33 | .Dd April 4, 1996 | |
| 34 | .Dt PTHREAD_GETSPECIFIC 3 | |
| 35 | .Os | |
| 36 | .Sh NAME | |
| 37 | .Nm pthread_getspecific | |
| 38 | .Nd get a thread-specific data value | |
| 39 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 40 | .Fd #include <pthread.h> | |
| 41 | .Ft void * | |
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42 | .Fo pthread_getspecific |
| 43 | .Fa "pthread_key_t key" | |
| 44 | .Fc | |
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45 | .Sh DESCRIPTION |
| 46 | The | |
| 47 | .Fn pthread_getspecific | |
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48 | function returns the value that is currently bound to the specified |
| 49 | .Fa key , | |
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50 | on behalf of the calling thread. |
| 51 | .Pp | |
| 52 | The effect of calling | |
| 53 | .Fn pthread_getspecific | |
| 54 | with a | |
| 55 | .Fa key | |
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56 | value that was not obtained from |
| 57 | .Fn pthread_key_create , | |
| 58 | or after a | |
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59 | .Fa key |
| 60 | has been deleted with | |
| 224c7076 | 61 | .Fn pthread_key_delete , |
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62 | is undefined. |
| 63 | .Pp | |
| 64 | .Fn pthread_getspecific | |
| 65 | may be called from a thread-specific data destructor function. | |
| 66 | .Sh RETURN VALUES | |
| 67 | The | |
| 68 | .Fn pthread_getspecific | |
| 69 | function will return the thread-specific data value associated with the given | |
| 70 | .Fa key . | |
| 71 | If no thread-specific data value is associated with | |
| 72 | .Fa key , | |
| 224c7076 | 73 | the value NULL is returned. |
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74 | .Sh ERRORS |
| 75 | None. | |
| 76 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| 77 | .Xr pthread_key_create 3 , | |
| 78 | .Xr pthread_key_delete 3 , | |
| 79 | .Xr pthread_setspecific 3 | |
| 80 | .Sh STANDARDS | |
| 81 | .Fn pthread_getspecific | |
| 82 | conforms to | |
| 83 | .St -p1003.1-96 . |