NAME

rmtimer − free a per-process timer

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/timers.h>

int rmtimer(timer_t timerid);

DESCRIPTION

rmtimer() is used to free a previously allocated timer (returned by mktimer().  Any pending timer event to be generated by this timer has been cancelled when the call returns. 

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. 

SEE ALSO

mktimer(3C), reltimer(3C), <sys/timers.h>

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

rmtimer(): AES

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  HP-UX Release 9.0: August 1992