timer_delete(2)

NAME#

timer_delete - delete a POSIX per-process timer

LIBRARY#

Real-time library (librt, -lrt)

SYNOPSIS#

#include <time.h>

int timer_delete(timer_t \ntimerid\n);

timer_delete():

\n
    _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.

STANDARDS#

POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY#

Linux 2.6. POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO#

clock_gettime(2), timer_create(2), timer_getoverrun(2), timer_settime(2), time(7)