January 30, 2003 PTHREAD_EQUAL 3

### NAME

pthread_equal - compare thread IDs

### LIBRARY

POSIX Thread Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

### SYNOPSIS

```int` pthread_equal(```pthread_t t1``, pthread_t t2`)

### DESCRIPTION

The pthread_equal(``) function compares the thread IDs ```t1` and ```t2`.

### RETURN VALUES

The pthread_equal(``) function will return non-zero if the thread IDs ```t1` and ```t2` correspond to the same thread, otherwise it will return zero.

### ERRORS

None.

### SEE ALSO

pthread_create(3), pthread_exit(3)

### STANDARDS

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