NAME
rmtimer — free a per-process timer
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/timers.h>
int rmtimer(timer_t timerid);
DESCRIPTION
The
rmtimer()
function is used to free a previously allocated timer (returned by
mktimer().
Any pending timer event to be generated by this timer
has been canceled when the call returns.
APPLICATION USAGE
rmtimer()
is thread-safe. It is not async-cancel-safe.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion,
rmtimer()
returns zero; otherwise, it returns -1 and sets
errno
to indicate the error.
ERRORS
rmtimer()
fails if the following condition is encountered:
- [EINVAL]
timerid
is not a valid timer ID.
FILES
/usr/include/sys/timers.h
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
rmtimer(): AES
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