NetBSD/lib/libc/sys/timer_delete.2

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.Dd September 13, 2003
.Dt TIMER_DELETE 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm timer_delete
.Nd delete a per-process timer
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In time.h
.Ft int
.Fn timer_delete "timer_t timerid"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn timer_delete
functions deletes the timer specified in the
.Ar timerid
argument.
The
.Ar timerid
argument must point to valid timer id, created by
.Xr timer_create 2 .
If the deletion is successful, the timer is disarmed and deleted.
Pending notification events (signals) may or may not be delivered.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If successful, the
.Fn timer_delete
functions returns 0.
Otherwise, it returns \-1, and sets
.Dv errno
to indicate error.
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn timer_delete
function will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The argument
.Ar timerid
is not a valid timer id.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr timer_create 2 ,
.Xr timer_getoverrun 2 ,
.Xr timer_gettime 2 ,
.Xr timer_settime 2
.Sh STANDARDS
.St -p1003.1b-93 ,
.St -p1003.1i-95