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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 LIBRARY
37.Lb libpthread
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In pthread.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast "pthread_cond_t *cond"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast
45function unblocks all threads waiting for the condition variable
46.Fa cond .
47.Sh RETURN VALUES
48If successful, the
49.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast
50function will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned
51to indicate the error.
52.Sh ERRORS
53The
54.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast
55function will fail if:
56.Bl -tag -width Er
57.It Bq Er EINVAL
58The value specified by
59.Fa cond
60is invalid.
61.El
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr pthread_cond_destroy 3 ,
64.Xr pthread_cond_init 3 ,
65.Xr pthread_cond_signal 3 ,
66.Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3 ,
67.Xr pthread_cond_wait 3
68.Sh STANDARDS
69The
70.Fn pthread_cond_broadcast
71function conforms to
72.St -p1003.1-96 .