NAME

timer_delete − Deallocate a previously allocated per-process timer (P1003.1b)

SYNOPSIS

#include <time.h>

int timer_delete (
timer_t timerid);

PARAMETERS

timerid The timer ID for the timer which is to be deallocated. 

DESCRIPTION

The timer_delete function frees a per-process timer previously allocated by a call to the timer_create function. If the timer is armed when the timer_delete function is called, the timer is disarmed and then removed. No signal is sent if the timer is deallocated with the timer_delete function. 

RETURN VALUES

On a successful call, a value of 0 is returned. 

On an unsuccessful call, a value of −1 is returned and errno is set to indicate that an error occurred. 

ERRORS

The timer_delete function fails under the following condition:

[EINVAL] The timer ID specified by timerid is not a valid timer ID. 

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: timer_create(3)