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.Dd July 29, 1998 .Dt PTHREAD_MUTEX_DESTROY 3 .Os BSD 4 .Sh NAME .Nm pthread_mutex_destroy .Nd free resources allocated for a mutex .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include <pthread.h> .Ft int .Fn pthread_mutex_destroy "pthread_mutex_t *mutex" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pthread_mutex_destroy function frees the resources allocated for .Fa mutex . .Sh RETURN VALUES If successful, .Fn pthread_mutex_destroy will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error. .Sh ERRORS .Fn pthread_mutex_destroy will fail if: l -tag -width Er t Bq Er EINVAL The value specified by .Fa mutex is invalid. t Bq Er EBUSY .Fa Mutex is locked by another thread. .El

p .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pthread_mutex_init 3 , .Xr pthread_mutex_lock 3 , .Xr pthread_mutex_trylock 3 , .Xr pthread_mutex_unlock 3 .Sh STANDARDS .Fn pthread_mutex_destroy conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1 ANSI/IEEE

q Dq Tn POSIX Std 1003.1 Second Edition 1996-07-12.