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28.Dd September 11, 2000
29.Dt TIMER_DELETE 2
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm timer_delete
33.Nd "delete a per-process timer (REALTIME)"
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb librt
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.In time.h
38.Ft int
39.Fn timer_delete "timer_t timerid"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn timer_delete
43system call
44deletes the specified timer,
45.Fa timerid ,
46previously created by the
47.Xr timer_create 2
48system call.
49If the timer is armed when
50.Fn timer_delete
51is called, the behavior is as if the timer is automatically disarmed before
52removal.
53Pending signals for the deleted timer are cleared.
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55.Rv -std
56.Sh ERRORS
57The
58.Fn timer_delete
59system call
60will fail if:
61.Bl -tag -width Er
62.It Bq Er EINVAL
63The timer ID specified by
64.Fa timerid
65is not a valid timer ID.
66.El
67.Sh SEE ALSO
68.Xr timer_create 2
69.Sh STANDARDS
70The
71.Fn timer_delete
72system call conforms to
73.St -p1003.1-2004 .
74.Sh HISTORY
75Support for
76.Tn POSIX
77per-process timer first appeared in
78.Fx 7.0 .
79