Making A Thread Detached

To put a thread in the 'detached' state, the "pthread_detach" function, or by initially creating it in a detached state. The "pthread_detach" function accepts a "pthread_t" argument. Here is how a thread can put itself in a detached state:

 /* first, get the current thread's "handle". */
 /* this function "cannot fail".              */
 pthread_t self = pthread_self();

 /* and now put the current thread in detached state. */
 if (pthread_detach(self) != 0) {
   /* handle error... */
 }