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29.Dd April 27, 2000
30.Dt PTHREAD_KILL 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm pthread_kill
34.Nd send a signal to a specified thread
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libc_r
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Fd #include <pthread.h>
39.Fd #include <signal.h>
40.Ft int
41.Fn pthread_kill "pthread_t thread" "int sig"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn pthread_kill
45function sends a signal, specified by
46.Fa sig ,
47to a thread, specified by
48.Fa thread .
49If
50.Fa sig
51is 0, error checking is performed, but no signal is actually sent.
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53If successful,
54.Fn pthread_kill
55returns 0.
56Otherwise, an error number is returned.
57.Sh ERRORS
58.Fn pthread_kill
59will fail if:
60.Bl -tag -width Er
61.It Bq Er ESRCH
62.Fa thread
63is an invalid thread ID.
64.It Bq Er EINVAL
65.Fa sig
66is 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
74conforms to
75.St -iso9945-1
| 29.Dd April 27, 2000
30.Dt PTHREAD_KILL 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm pthread_kill
34.Nd send a signal to a specified thread
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libc_r
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Fd #include <pthread.h>
39.Fd #include <signal.h>
40.Ft int
41.Fn pthread_kill "pthread_t thread" "int sig"
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Fn pthread_kill
45function sends a signal, specified by
46.Fa sig ,
47to a thread, specified by
48.Fa thread .
49If
50.Fa sig
51is 0, error checking is performed, but no signal is actually sent.
52.Sh RETURN VALUES
53If successful,
54.Fn pthread_kill
55returns 0.
56Otherwise, an error number is returned.
57.Sh ERRORS
58.Fn pthread_kill
59will fail if:
60.Bl -tag -width Er
61.It Bq Er ESRCH
62.Fa thread
63is an invalid thread ID.
64.It Bq Er EINVAL
65.Fa sig
66is 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
74conforms to
75.St -iso9945-1
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