For review: timer_delete.2

[Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>]

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Again, looking for reviewers for this page for timer_delete(2).
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Michael


NAME
       timer_delete - delete a POSIX per-process timer

SYNOPSIS
       #include <time.h>

       int timer_delete(timer_t timerid);

       Link with -lrt.

   Feature    Test    Macro   Requirements   for   glibc   (see   fea-
   ture_test_macros(7)):

       timer_delete(): _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 199309

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 gen-
       erated 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.

VERSIONS
       This system call is available since Linux 2.6.

CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001

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



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.TH TIMER_DELETE 2 2009-02-16 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
timer_delete \- delete a POSIX per-process timer
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B  #include <time.h>

.BI "int timer_delete(timer_t " timerid );
.fi

Link with
.IR \-lrt .
.sp
.in -4n
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
.in
.sp
.BR timer_delete ():
_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 199309
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR timer_delete ()
deletes the timer whose ID is given in
.IR 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.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success,
.BR timer_delete ()
returns 0.
On failure, \-1 is returned, and
.I errno
is set to indicate the error.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EINVAL
.I timerid
is not a valid timer ID.
.SH VERSIONS
This system call is available since Linux 2.6.
.SH CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR clock_gettime (2),
.BR timer_create (2),
.BR timer_settime (2),
.BR timer_getoverrun (2),
.BR time (7)
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