.TH PTHREAD_EQUAL 3 LinuxThreads

.SH NAME
pthread_equal \- compare two thread identifiers

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <pthread.h>

.BI "int pthread_equal(pthread_t " thread1 ", pthread_t " thread2 ");"

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B "pthread_equal"
determines if two thread identifiers refer to the same
thread.

.SH "RETURN VALUE"
A non-zero value is returned if 
.I "thread1"
and 
.I "thread2"
refer to the
same thread. Otherwise, 0 is returned.

.SH AUTHOR
Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR "pthread_self" (3).