.TH PTHREAD_EQUAL 3 LinuxThreads .SH NAME pthread_equal \- compare two thread identifiers .SH SYNOPSIS #include int pthread_equal(pthread_t thread1, pthread_t thread2); .SH DESCRIPTION !pthread_equal! determines if two thread identifiers refer to the same thread. .SH "RETURN VALUE" A non-zero value is returned if |thread1| and |thread2| refer to the same thread. Otherwise, 0 is returned. .SH AUTHOR Xavier Leroy .SH "SEE ALSO" !pthread_self!(3).