TIMER_DELETE
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (2)
Updated: 2009-02-20
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NAME
timer_delete - delete a POSIX per-process timer
SYNOPSIS
#include <time.h>
int timer_delete(timer_t timerid);
Link with -lrt.
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.
VERSIONS
This system call is available since Linux 2.6.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001
SEE ALSO
clock_gettime(2),
timer_create(2),
timer_settime(2),
timer_getoverrun(2),
time(7)
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- ERRORS
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