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30.Dd July 28, 1998
31.Dt PTHREAD_COND_BROADCAST 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm pthread_cond_broadcast
35.Nd unblock all threads waiting for a condition variable
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Fd #include <pthread.h>
38.Ft int
39.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast "pthread_cond_t *cond"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast
224c7076 43function unblocks all threads that are waiting for the condition variable
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44.Fa cond .
45.Sh RETURN VALUES
46If successful, the
47.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast
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48function will return zero.
49Otherwise, an error number will be returned
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50to indicate the error.
51.Sh ERRORS
52.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast
53will fail if:
54.Bl -tag -width Er
55.It Bq Er EINVAL
56The value specified by
57.Fa cond
58is invalid.
59.El
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr pthread_cond_destroy 3 ,
62.Xr pthread_cond_init 3 ,
63.Xr pthread_cond_signal 3 ,
64.Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3 ,
65.Xr pthread_cond_wait 3
66.Sh STANDARDS
67.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast
68conforms to
69.St -p1003.1-96 .