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460495ca 26.TH TIMER_DELETE 2 2015-08-08 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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27.SH NAME
28timer_delete \- delete a POSIX per-process timer
29.SH SYNOPSIS
30.nf
31.B #include <time.h>
32
33.BI "int timer_delete(timer_t " timerid );
34.fi
35
702cbe15 36Link with \fI\-lrt\fP.
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37.sp
38.in -4n
39Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
40.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
41.in
42.sp
43.BR timer_delete ():
98dbe7af 44_POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 199309L
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45.SH DESCRIPTION
46.BR timer_delete ()
47deletes the timer whose ID is given in
48.IR timerid .
49If the timer was armed at the time of this call,
50it is disarmed before being deleted.
51The treatment of any pending signal generated by the deleted timer
52is unspecified.
53.SH RETURN VALUE
54On success,
55.BR timer_delete ()
56returns 0.
57On failure, \-1 is returned, and
58.I errno
59is set to indicate the error.
60.SH ERRORS
61.TP
62.B EINVAL
63.I timerid
64is not a valid timer ID.
65.SH VERSIONS
66This system call is available since Linux 2.6.
67.SH CONFORMING TO
fee03a18 68POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
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69.SH SEE ALSO
70.BR clock_gettime (2),
71.BR timer_create (2),
527d64f8 72.BR timer_getoverrun (2),
3e5c319e 73.BR timer_settime (2),
527d64f8 74.BR time (7)