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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) BE 4455818196Snathanw.\" LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 4555818196Snathanw.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 4655818196Snathanw.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR 4755818196Snathanw.\" BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 4855818196Snathanw.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE 4955818196Snathanw.\" OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, 5055818196Snathanw.\" EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 5155818196Snathanw.\" 5255818196Snathanw.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_kill.3,v 1.9 2002/09/16 19:29:28 mini Exp $ 53*9c4ae7f5Sjruoho.Dd July 9, 2010 5455818196Snathanw.Dt PTHREAD_KILL 3 5555818196Snathanw.Os 5655818196Snathanw.Sh NAME 5755818196Snathanw.Nm pthread_kill 5855818196Snathanw.Nd send a signal to a specified thread 5955818196Snathanw.Sh LIBRARY 6055818196Snathanw.Lb libpthread 6155818196Snathanw.Sh SYNOPSIS 6255818196Snathanw.In pthread.h 6355818196Snathanw.In signal.h 6455818196Snathanw.Ft int 6555818196Snathanw.Fn pthread_kill "pthread_t thread" "int sig" 6655818196Snathanw.Sh DESCRIPTION 6755818196SnathanwThe 6855818196Snathanw.Fn pthread_kill 6955818196Snathanwfunction sends a signal, specified by 7055818196Snathanw.Fa sig , 7155818196Snathanwto a thread, specified by 7255818196Snathanw.Fa thread . 7355818196SnathanwThe signal will be handled in the context of 7455818196Snathanw.Fa thread , 7555818196Snathanwbut the signal action may alter the process as a whole. 7655818196SnathanwIf 7755818196Snathanw.Fa sig 7855818196Snathanwis 0, error checking is performed, but no signal is actually sent. 7955818196Snathanw.Sh RETURN VALUES 8055818196SnathanwIf successful, 8155818196Snathanw.Fn pthread_kill 8255818196Snathanwreturns 0. 8355818196SnathanwOtherwise, an error number is returned. 8455818196Snathanw.Sh ERRORS 8555818196Snathanw.Fn pthread_kill 8655818196Snathanwshall fail if: 8755818196Snathanw.Bl -tag -width Er 8855818196Snathanw.It Bq Er EINVAL 8955818196Snathanw.Fa sig 9055818196Snathanwis an invalid or unsupported signal number. 9159046993Swiz.It Bq Er ESRCH 9259046993Swiz.Fa thread 9359046993Swizis an invalid thread ID. 9455818196Snathanw.El 9555818196Snathanw.Sh SEE ALSO 9655818196Snathanw.Xr kill 2 , 97bc81ecacSwiz.Xr sigwait 2 , 9855818196Snathanw.Xr pthread_self 3 , 99bc81ecacSwiz.Xr raise 3 10055818196Snathanw.Sh STANDARDS 101*9c4ae7f5SjruohoThe function conforms to 102*9c4ae7f5Sjruoho.St -p1003.1-2001 . 103