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NAME
pthread_getspecific -- get a thread-specific data value
LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h> void * pthread_getspecific(pthread_key_t key);
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_getspecific() function returns the value currently bound to the specified key on behalf of the calling thread. The effect of calling pthread_getspecific() with a key value not obtained from pthread_key_create() or after key has been deleted with pthread_key_delete() is undefined. pthread_getspecific() may be called from a thread-specific data destruc- tor function.
RETURN VALUES
The pthread_getspecific() function will return the thread-specific data value associated with the given key. If no thread-specific data value is associated with key, then the value NULL is returned.
ERRORS
None.
SEE ALSO
pthread_key_create(3), pthread_key_delete(3), pthread_setspecific(3)
STANDARDS
pthread_getspecific() conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1''). NetBSD 5.1.2 January 30, 2003 NetBSD 5.1.2

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