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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
2546420a 37.In pthread.h
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38.Ft int
39.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast "pthread_cond_t *cond"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast
2546420a 43function unblocks all threads waiting for the condition variable
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44.Fa cond .
45.Sh RETURN VALUES
46If successful, the
47.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast
2546420a 48function will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned
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49to indicate the error.
50.Sh ERRORS
2546420a 51The
f1a1da6c 52.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast
2546420a 53function will fail if:
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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
2546420a 67The
f1a1da6c 68.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast
2546420a 69function conforms to
f1a1da6c 70.St -p1003.1-96 .