NAME

pthread_self — get the calling thread's ID

LIBRARY

POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS

#include <pthread.h>

pthread_t
pthread_self(void);

DESCRIPTION

The pthread_self() function returns the thread ID of the calling thread.

RETURN VALUES

The return value is the thread ID.

ERRORS

None.

SEE ALSO

pthread_create(3), pthread_equal(3)

STANDARDS

The function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (“POSIX.1”).