PTHREAD...D_SIGNAL(3POSIX)

🦋 PTHREAD_COND_SIGNAL — POSIX Programmer's Manual 🦋

okay so bestie, this little cutie lives in the POSIX Programmer's Manual (yes, the 3POSIX one, she's fancy) and she's about one very specific job: poking a single sleeping thread awake. it's giving ✨wake up babe✨ energy. let's get into it.

🌸 PROLOG 🌸

this manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. real talk though, the Linux implementation of this interface may differ — so if you're on Linux, go consult the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior. or honestly? the interface might not even be implemented on Linux at all. vibe check accordingly 💀

💖 NAME 💖

pthread_cond_signal — signal a condition

like, that's it, that's the whole job description. she signals. a condition. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_cond_signal(pthread_cond_t *cond);

one function, one pointer, no drama. 🫶

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

bestie. okay. this one's short and sweet — it literally just says:

Refer to pthread_cond_broadcast().

so like, the whole actual explanation is over there at the pthread_cond_broadcast() page. she's the main character, this one's her sister. go read hers, iykyk 🌈

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. so if this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard ever disagree? the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document, no cap, it wins every time 🏆 the original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format 🙈 to report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

and that's the whole page bestie, we ate and left no crumbs 💅 shoutout to IEEE/The Open Group, 2017 for bringing us this iconic little signal function — go forth and wake those threads, you absolute legend ⭐💜