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76 lines
2.3 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (C) 2000 Jason Evans <jasone@FreeBSD.org>.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd April 27, 2000
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.Dt PTHREAD_KILL 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pthread_kill
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.Nd send a signal to a specified thread
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc_r
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In pthread.h
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.In signal.h
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.Ft int
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.Fn pthread_kill "pthread_t thread" "int sig"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn pthread_kill
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function sends a signal, specified by
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.Fa sig ,
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to a thread, specified by
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.Fa thread .
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If
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.Fa sig
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is 0, error checking is performed, but no signal is actually sent.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If successful,
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.Fn pthread_kill
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returns 0.
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Otherwise, an error number is returned.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn pthread_kill
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will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er ESRCH
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.Fa thread
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is an invalid thread ID.
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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.Fa sig
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is an invalid or unsupported signal number.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr kill 2 ,
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.Xr pthread_self 3 ,
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.Xr raise 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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.Fn pthread_kill
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conforms to
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.St -p1003.1-96
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