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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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