pthread_kill(3)
NAME
pthread_kill -- send a signal to a specified thread
LIBRARY
Reentrant C Library (libc_r, -lc_r) POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread) 1:1 Threading Library (libthr, -lthr)
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h> #include <signal.h> int pthread_kill(pthread_t thread, int sig);
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_kill() function sends a signal, specified by sig, to a thread, specified by thread. If sig is 0, error checking is performed, but no signal is actually sent.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, pthread_kill() returns 0. Otherwise, an error number is returned.
ERRORS
The pthread_kill() function will fail if: [ESRCH] thread is an invalid thread ID. [EINVAL] sig is an invalid or unsupported signal number.
SEE ALSO
kill(2), pthread_self(3), raise(3)
STANDARDS
The pthread_kill() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'') FreeBSD 5.4 April 27, 2000 FreeBSD 5.4
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