NAME

       timer_delete - delete a POSIX per-process timer

LIBRARY

       Real-time library (librt, -lrt)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <time.h>

       int timer_delete(timer_t timerid);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       timer_delete():
           _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 199309L

DESCRIPTION

       timer_delete()  deletes  the  timer  whose ID is given in timerid.  If the timer was armed at the time of
       this call, it is disarmed before being deleted.  The treatment of any pending  signal  generated  by  the
       deleted timer is unspecified.

RETURN VALUE

       On  success,  timer_delete()  returns  0.   On  failure, -1 is returned, and errno is set to indicate the
       error.

ERRORS

       EINVAL timerid is not a valid timer ID.

STANDARDS

       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

       Linux 2.6.  POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO

       clock_gettime(2), timer_create(2), timer_getoverrun(2), timer_settime(2), time(7)