TIMER_DELETE(3P)

💖 TIMER_DELETE(3P) — the POSIX Programmer's Manual era 💖

okay bestie, quick heads up before we dive in: this page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (so like, go check the corresponding Linux manual page for the deets on Linux behavior), or honestly the interface may just not be implemented on Linux at all. 🙈 no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

timer_delete — delete a per-process timer 🕰️💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <time.h>

int timer_delete(timer_t timerid);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So timer_delete() deletes the specified timer, timerid, which was previously created by the timer_create() function. that's it, that's the job. ✨

If the timer is armed when timer_delete() gets called, the behavior shall be as if the timer is automatically disarmed before removal. like, it clocks out gracefully. 🫶

The disposition of pending signals for the deleted timer is unspecified. 👀 (iykyk — don't count on anything specific there.)

⚠️ The behavior is undefined if the value specified by the timerid argument to timer_delete() does not correspond to a timer ID returned by timer_create() but not yet deleted by timer_delete(). literally do not do this. 💀

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

• If successful, timer_delete() shall return a value of zero. slay. 🎀
• Otherwise, the function shall return a value of -1 and set errno to indicate the error. 😭

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💜 ERRORS 💜

No errors are defined. iconic, honestly.

The following sections are informative.

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

None. 😌 (we're keeping it minimal, bestie)

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🎀 APPLICATION USAGE 🎀

None. 🧚

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👑 RATIONALE 👑

If an implementation detects that the value specified by the timerid argument to timer_delete() does not correspond to a timer ID returned by timer_create() but not yet deleted by timer_delete(), it is recommended that the function should fail and report an [EINVAL] error. like, recommended bestie behavior. 💅

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🔥 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 🔥

None. the future is... nothing, apparently. 💀

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

• timer_create()
• The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <time.h>

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💖 COPYRIGHT 💖

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

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