PROLOG

       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of
       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

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 original IEEE  and  The  Open  Group
       Standard,  the  original  IEEE  and  The  Open Group Standard is the referee document. The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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