PTHREAD_KILL(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_KILL(3)
NAME
pthread_kill -- send a signal to a specified thread
LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)
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'')
BSD
April 27, 2000 BSD
