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.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk
.\"     <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
.TH timer_delete 2 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
timer_delete \- delete a POSIX per-process timer
.SH LIBRARY
Real-time library
.RI ( librt ", " \-lrt )
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B  #include <time.h>
.P
.BI "int timer_delete(timer_t " timerid );
.fi
.P
.RS -4
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
.RE
.P
.BR timer_delete ():
.nf
    _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 199309L
.fi
.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 STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
.SH HISTORY
Linux 2.6.
POSIX.1-2001.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR clock_gettime (2),
.BR timer_create (2),
.BR timer_getoverrun (2),
.BR timer_settime (2),
.BR time (7)