NAME

timer_delete — delete a per-process timer (REALTIME)

SYNOPSIS

#include <time.h>

int timer_delete(timer_t timerid);

DESCRIPTION

The timer_delete() function deletes the specified timer, timerid , previously created by the timer_create(3) function. If the timer is armed when timer_delete() is called, the behaviour will be as if the timer is automatically disarmed before removal. The disposition of pending signals for the deleted timer is unspecified.

RETURN VALUE

If successful, the function returns a value of zero. Otherwise, the function returns a value of -1 and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The timer_delete() function will fail if:

[EINVAL]

The timer ID specified by timerid is not a valid timer ID.

[ENOSYS]

The function timer_delete() is not supported by this implementation.

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

timer_create(3) , <time.h> .

DERIVATION

Derived from the POSIX Realtime Extension (1003.1b-1993/1003.1i-1995)