PTHREAD_COND_TIMEDWAI... BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_COND_TIMEDWAI...

NAME
     pthread_cond_timedwait -- wait on a condition variable for a specific
     amount of time

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pthread.h>

     int
     pthread_cond_timedwait(pthread_cond_t *cond, pthread_mutex_t *mutex,
         const struct timespec *abstime);

DESCRIPTION
     The pthread_cond_timedwait() function atomically blocks the current
     thread waiting on the condition variable specified by cond, and releases
     the mutex specified by mutex.  The waiting thread unblocks only after
     another thread calls pthread_cond_signal(3), or pthread_cond_broadcast(3)
     with the same condition variable, or if the system time reaches the time
     specified in abstime, and the current thread reacquires the lock on
     mutex.

     Values for struct timespec can be obtained by adding the required time
     interval to the  the current time obtained using gettimeofday(2).

     Note that struct timeval and struct timespec use different units to spec-
     ify the time. Hence, the user should always take care to perform the time
     unit conversions accordingly.

EXAMPLE
        struct timeval tv;
        struct timespec ts;
        gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
        ts.tv_sec = tv.tv_sec + 0;
        ts.tv_nsec = 0;

RETURN VALUES
     If successful, the pthread_cond_timedwait() function will return zero.
     Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     The pthread_cond_timedwait() function will fail if:

     [EINVAL]           The value specified by cond, mutex or abstime is
                        invalid.

     [ETIMEDOUT]        The system time has reached or exceeded the time spec-
                        ified in abstime.

SEE ALSO
     pthread_cond_broadcast(3), pthread_cond_destroy(3), pthread_cond_init(3),
     pthread_cond_signal(3), pthread_cond_wait(3), gettimeofday(2)

STANDARDS
     The pthread_cond_timedwait() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996
     (``POSIX.1'').

BSD                               May 9, 2010                              BSD