TIMER_DELETE(3)            POSIX Programmer's Manual           TIMER_DELETE(3)



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       OS manual page for details of OS behavior), or the interface may not be
       implemented on OS.

NAME
       timer_delete -- delete a per-process timer

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() function. If the timer is
       armed when timer__delete() is called, the behavior shall be as if the
       timer is automatically disarmed before removal. The disposition of
       pending signals for the deleted timer is unspecified.

       The behavior is undefined if the value specified by the timerid
       argument to timer__delete() does not correspond to a timer ID returned
       by timer__create() but not yet deleted by timer__delete().

RETURN VALUE
       If successful, the timer__delete() function shall return a value of
       zero. Otherwise, the function shall return a value of -1 and set errno
       to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES
       None.

APPLICATION USAGE
       None.

RATIONALE
       If an implementation detects that the value specified by the timerid
       argument to timer__delete() does not correspond to a timer ID returned
       by timer__create() but not yet deleted by timer__delete(), it is
       recommended that the function should fail and report an [EINVAL] error.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       timer__create()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, <time.h>

COPYRIGHT
       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology --
       Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the
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