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37.Dd September 13, 2003
38.Dt TIMER_DELETE 2
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm timer_delete
42.Nd delete a per-process timer
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libc
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In time.h
47.Ft int
48.Fn timer_delete "timer_t timerid"
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Fn timer_delete
52functions deletes the timer specified in the
53.Ar timerid
54argument.
55The
56.Ar timerid
57argument must point to valid timer id, created by
58.Xr timer_create 2 .
59If the deletion is successful, the timer is disarmed and deleted.
60Pending notification events (signals) may or may not be delivered.
61.Sh RETURN VALUES
62If successful, the
63.Fn timer_delete
64functions returns 0.
65Otherwise, it returns \-1, and sets
66.Dv errno
67to indicate error.
68.Sh ERRORS
69The
70.Fn timer_delete
71function will fail if:
72.Bl -tag -width Er
73.It Bq Er EINVAL
74The argument
75.Ar timerid
76is not a valid timer id.
77.El
78.Sh SEE ALSO
79.Xr timer_create 2 ,
80.Xr timer_getoverrun 2 ,
81.Xr timer_gettime 2 ,
82.Xr timer_settime 2
83.Sh STANDARDS
84.St -p1003.1b-93 ,
85.St -p1003.1i-95
86