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35.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $
36.Dt PTHREAD_EQUAL 3
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm pthread_equal
40.Nd compare thread IDs
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.In pthread.h
43.Ft int
44.Fn pthread_equal "pthread_t t1" "pthread_t t2"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Fn pthread_equal
48function compares the thread IDs
49.Fa t1
50and
51.Fa t2 .
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53The
54.Fn pthread_equal
55function will return non-zero if the thread IDs
56.Fa t1
57and
58.Fa t2
59correspond to the same thread, otherwise it will return zero.
60.Sh ERRORS
61None.
62.Sh SEE ALSO
63.Xr pthread_create 3 ,
64.Xr pthread_exit 3
65.Sh STANDARDS
66.Fn pthread_equal
67conforms to
68.St -p1003.1-96 .
69