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+.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Brian Cully <shmit@kublai.com>
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+.Dd July 30, 1998
+.Dt PTHREAD_MUTEX_UNLOCK 3
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm pthread_mutex_unlock
+.Nd unlock a mutex
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <pthread.h>
+.Ft int
+.Fn pthread_mutex_unlock "pthread_mutex_t *mutex"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+If the current thread holds the lock on
+.Fa mutex ,
+then the
+.Fn pthread_mutex_unlock
+function unlocks
+.Fa mutex .
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+If successful,
+.Fn pthread_mutex_unlock
+will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned to
+indicate the error.
+.Sh ERRORS
+.Fn pthread_mutex_trylock
+will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+The value specified by
+.Fa mutex
+is invalid.
+.It Bq Er EPERM
+The current thread does not hold a lock on
+.Fa mutex .
+.El
+.Pp
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr pthread_mutex_lock 3 ,
+.Xr pthread_mutex_trylock 3 ,
+.Xr pthread_mutex_init 3 ,
+.Xr pthread_mutex_destroy 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+.Fn pthread_mutex_unlock
+is expected to conform to IEEE
+.Pq Dq Tn POSIX
+Std 1003.1c when it is published.
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