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.Dd July 28, 1998
.Dt PTHREAD_COND_DESTROY 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pthread_cond_destroy
.Nd destroy a condition variable
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <pthread.h>
.Ft int
.Fn pthread_cond_destroy "pthread_cond_t *cond"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn pthread_cond_destroy
function frees the resources allocated by the condition variable
.Fa cond .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If successful, the
.Fn pthread_cond_destroy
function will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned
to indicate the error.
.Sh ERRORS
.Fn pthread_cond_destroy
will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The value specified by
.Fa cond
is invalid.
.It Bq Er EBUSY
The variable
.Fa cond
is locked by another thread.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3 ,
.Xr pthread_cond_init 3 ,
.Xr pthread_cond_signal 3 ,
.Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3 ,
.Xr pthread_cond_wait 3
.Sh STANDARDS
.Fn pthread_cond_destroy
conforms to
.St -p1003.1-96 .