NAME
timer_delete
- delete a per-process timer
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
int
timer_delete(
timer_t timerid
)
DESCRIPTION
The
timer_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.1'') ,
IEEE Std 1003.1i-1995 (``POSIX.1'')