NAME
pthread_kill —
send a signal to a specified
thread
LIBRARY
library “libpthread”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<pthread.h>
#include <signal.h>
int
pthread_kill(pthread_t
thread, int
sig);
DESCRIPTION
Thepthread_kill()
function sends a signal, specified by sig, to a thread,
specified by thread. If sig is 0,
error checking is performed, but no signal is actually sent.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, pthread_kill() returns 0.
Otherwise, an error number is returned.
ERRORS
The pthread_kill() function will fail
if:
- [
ESRCH] - thread is an invalid thread ID.
- [
EINVAL] - sig is an invalid or unsupported signal number.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The pthread_kill() function conforms to
ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (“POSIX.1”).