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NAME¶
timer_delete - delete a POSIX per-process timer
LIBRARY¶
Real-time library (librt, -lrt)
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <time.h>
int timer_delete(timer_t timerid);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
feature_test_macros(7)):
timer_delete():
_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 199309L
DESCRIPTION¶
timer_delete() deletes the timer whose ID is given in timerid. If the timer was armed at the time of this call, it is disarmed before being deleted. The treatment of any pending signal generated by the deleted timer is unspecified.
RETURN VALUE¶
On success, timer_delete() returns 0. On failure, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the error.
ERRORS¶
- EINVAL
- timerid is not a valid timer ID.
STANDARDS¶
POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY¶
Linux 2.6. POSIX.1-2001.
SEE ALSO¶
clock_gettime(2), timer_create(2), timer_getoverrun(2), timer_settime(2), time(7)
2023-03-30 | Linux man-pages 6.04 |