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)