sys/pthread_kill.2

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  31 .Dd Feb 05, 2002
  32 .Dt PTHREAD_KILL 2
  33 .Os
  34 .Sh NAME
  35 .Nm pthread_kill
  36 .Nd send a signal to a specified thread
  37 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  38 .In pthread.h
  39 .In signal.h
  40 .Ft int
  41 .Fn pthread_kill "pthread_t thread" "int sig"
  42 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  43 The
  44 .Fn pthread_kill
  45 function sends a signal, specified by
  46 .Fa sig ,
  47 to a thread, specified by
  48 .Fa thread .
  49 If
  50 .Fa sig
  51 is 0, error checking is performed, but no signal is actually sent.
  52 .Sh RETURN VALUES
  53 If successful,
  54 .Fn pthread_kill
  55 returns 0.
  56 Otherwise, an error number is returned.
  57 .Sh ERRORS
  58 .Fn pthread_kill
  59 will fail if:
  60 .Bl -tag -width Er
  61 .It Bq Er ESRCH
  62 .Fa thread
  63 is an invalid thread ID.
  64 .It Bq Er EINVAL
  65 .Fa sig
  66 is an invalid or unsupported signal number.
  67 .El
  68 .Sh SEE ALSO
  69 .Xr kill 2 ,
  70 .Xr pthread_self 3 ,
  71 .Xr raise 3
  72 .Sh STANDARDS
  73 .Fn pthread_kill
  74 conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'')