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SCHED_YIELD(2)           DragonFly System Calls Manual          SCHED_YIELD(2)

NAME
     sched_yield -- yield processor

LIBRARY
     Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sched.h>

     int
     sched_yield(void);

DESCRIPTION
     The sched_yield() function forces the running process to relinquish the
     processor until it again becomes the head of its process list.  It takes
     no arguments.

RETURN VALUES
     The sched_yield() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise
     the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate
     the error.

ERRORS
     On failure errno will be set to the corresponding value:

     [ENOSYS]           The system is not configured to support this function-
                        ality.

STANDARDS
     The sched_yield() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993
     (``POSIX.1'').

DragonFly 3.5                   March 12, 1998                   DragonFly 3.5