PTHREADGETSPECIFIC(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREADGETSPECIFIC(3)

NAME
     pptthhrreeaaddggeettssppeecciiffiicc - get a thread-specific data value

SYNOPSIS
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     void *
     pptthhrreeaaddggeettssppeecciiffiicc(pthreadkeyt key);

DESCRIPTION
     The pptthhrreeaaddggeettssppeecciiffiicc() function returns the value currently bound to
     the specified key on behalf of the calling thread.

     The effect of calling pptthhrreeaaddggeettssppeecciiffiicc() with a key value not obtained
     from pptthhrreeaaddkkeeyyccrreeaattee() or after key has been deleted with
     pptthhrreeaaddkkeeyyddeelleettee() is undefined.

     pptthhrreeaaddggeettssppeecciiffiicc() may be called from a thread-specific data destruc-
     tor function.

RETURN VALUES
     The pptthhrreeaaddggeettssppeecciiffiicc() 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.

EERRRROORRSS
     None.

SEE ALSO
     pthreadkeycreate(3), pthreadkeydelete(3), pthreadsetspecific(3)

STANDARDS
     pptthhrreeaaddggeettssppeecciiffiicc() conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'').

BSD                              April 4, 1996                             BSD