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30.Dd September 13, 2003
31.Dt TIMER_DELETE 2
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm timer_delete
35.Nd delete a per-process timer
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libc
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In time.h
40.Ft int
41.Fn timer_delete "timer_t timerid"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn timer_delete
45functions deletes the timer specified in the
46.Ar timerid
47argument.
48The
49.Ar timerid
50argument must point to valid timer id, created by
51.Xr timer_create 2 .
52If the deletion is successful, the timer is disarmed and deleted.
53Pending notification events (signals) may or may not be delivered.
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55If successful, the
56.Fn timer_delete
57functions returns 0.
58Otherwise, it returns \-1, and sets
59.Dv errno
60to indicate error.
61.Sh ERRORS
62The
63.Fn timer_delete
64function will fail if:
65.Bl -tag -width Er
66.It Bq Er EINVAL
67The argument
68.Ar timerid
69is not a valid timer id.
70.El
71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr timer_create 2 ,
73.Xr timer_getoverrun 2 ,
74.Xr timer_gettime 2 ,
75.Xr timer_settime 2
76.Sh STANDARDS
77.St -p1003.1b-93 ,
78.St -p1003.1i-95
79