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59 .Dt PTHREAD_GETSPECIFIC 3
62 .Nm pthread_getspecific
63 .Nd get a thread-specific data value
69 .Fn pthread_getspecific "pthread_key_t key"
72 .Fn pthread_getspecific
73 function returns the value currently bound to the specified
75 on behalf of the calling thread.
78 .Fn pthread_getspecific
81 value not obtained from
82 .Fn pthread_key_create
86 .Fn pthread_key_delete
89 .Fn pthread_getspecific
90 may be called from a thread-specific data destructor function.
93 .Fn pthread_getspecific
94 function will return the thread-specific data value associated with the given
96 If no thread-specific data value is associated with
98 then the value NULL is returned.
102 .Xr pthread_key_create 3 ,
103 .Xr pthread_key_delete 3 ,
104 .Xr pthread_setspecific 3
106 .Fn pthread_getspecific