TIMER_DELETE
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2013
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This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.
The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult
the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior),
or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
NAME
timer_delete
--- delete a per-process timer
SYNOPSIS
#include <time.h>
int timer_delete(timer_t timerid);
DESCRIPTION
The
timer_delete()
function deletes the specified timer,
timerid,
previously created by the
timer_create()
function. If the timer is armed when
timer_delete()
is called, the behavior shall be as if the timer is automatically
disarmed before removal. The disposition of pending signals for the
deleted timer is unspecified.
RETURN VALUE
If successful, the
timer_delete()
function shall return a value of zero. Otherwise, the function shall
return a value of -1 and set
errno
to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The
timer_delete()
function may fail if:
- EINVAL
-
The timer ID specified by
timerid
is not a valid timer ID.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
timer_create()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008,
<time.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group.
(This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the
event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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