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.TH TIMER_DELETE 2 2015-08-08 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual"

.SH NAME

timer_delete \- delete a POSIX per-process timer

.SH SYNOPSIS

.nf

.B  #include <time.h>

.PP

.BI "int timer_delete(timer_t " timerid );

.fi

.PP

Link with \fI\-lrt\fP.

.PP

.in -4n

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see

.BR feature_test_macros (7)):

.in

.PP

.BR timer_delete ():

_POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 199309L

.SH DESCRIPTION

.BR timer_delete ()

deletes the timer whose ID is given in

.IR 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.

.SH RETURN VALUE

On success,

.BR timer_delete ()

returns 0.

On failure, \-1 is returned, and

.I errno

is set to indicate the error.

.SH ERRORS

.TP

.B EINVAL

.I timerid

is not a valid timer ID.

.SH VERSIONS

This system call is available since Linux 2.6.

.SH CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

.SH SEE ALSO

.BR clock_gettime (2),

.BR timer_create (2),

.BR timer_getoverrun (2),

.BR timer_settime (2),

.BR time (7)

.SH COLOPHON

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