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PTHREAD_KILL(2) BSD System Calls Manual PTHREAD_KILL(2) NAME pthread_kill -- send a signal to a specified thread SYNOPSIS #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 pthread_kill() will fail if: [EINVAL] sig is an invalid or unsupported signal number. [ESRCH] thread is an invalid thread ID. LEGACY SYNOPSIS #include <pthread.h> #include <signal.h> The include file <pthread.h> is necessary. SEE ALSO kill(2), pthread_self(3), raise(3), compat(5) STANDARDS pthread_kill() conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'') BSD Feb 05, 2002 BSD |