NAME
timer_delete —
delete a per-process timer
LIBRARY
library “libc”
SYNOPSIS
#include
<time.h>
int
timer_delete(timer_t
timerid);
DESCRIPTION
Thetimer_delete()
functions deletes the timer specified in the timerid
argument. The timerid argument must point to valid timer
id, created by
timer_create(2). If the deletion is successful, the timer is
disarmed and deleted. Pending notification events (signals) may or may not be
delivered.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, the timer_delete()
functions returns 0. Otherwise, it returns -1, and sets
errno to indicate error.
ERRORS
The timer_delete() function will fail
if:
- [
EINVAL] - The argument timerid is not a valid timer id.
SEE ALSO
timer_create(2), timer_getoverrun(2), timer_gettime(2), timer_settime(2)
STANDARDS
IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993 (“POSIX.1b”), IEEE Std 1003.1i-1995 (“POSIX.1i”)