pthread_kill
- send a signal to a specified thread
LIBRARY
Lb libpthread
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
Fa sig ,
to a thread, specified by
Fa thread .
If
Fa 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:
Bq Er ESRCH
Fa thread
is an invalid thread ID.
Bq Er EINVAL
Fa sig
is an invalid or unsupported signal number.
