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+.\" $OpenBSD: pthread_yield.3,v 1.3 2004/01/25 14:48:32 jmc Exp $
+.\"
+.\" PUBLIC DOMAIN: No Rights Reserved. Marco S Hyman <marc@snafu.org>
+.\"
+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd September 18, 2006
+.Dt PTHREAD_YIELD 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm pthread_yield
+.Nd yield control of the current thread
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libpthread
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In pthread.h
+.Ft void
+.Fn pthread_yield void
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn pthread_yield
+forces the running thread to relinquish the processor until it again
+becomes the head of its thread list.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr sched_yield 2
+.Sh STANDARDS
+The
+.Fn pthread_yield
+is a non-portable (but quite common) extension to
+.St -p1003.1-2001 .