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timer_delete(2)            System Calls Manual            timer_delete(2)

NAME         top

       timer_delete - delete a POSIX per-process timer

LIBRARY         top

       Real-time library (librt, -lrt)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #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         top

       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         top

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

ERRORS         top

       EINVAL timerid is not a valid timer ID.

STANDARDS         top

       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY         top

       Linux 2.6.  POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO         top

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

COLOPHON         top

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Linux man-pages 6.15            2025-05-17                timer_delete(2)

Pages that refer to this page: syscalls(2),  timer_create(2),  timer_getoverrun(2),  timer_t(3type),  ualarm(3),  usleep(3)

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