$NetBSD: pthread_kill.3,v 1.9 2010/07/09 08:51:28 jruoho Exp $

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$FreeBSD: src/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_kill.3,v 1.9 2002/09/16 19:29:28 mini Exp $
.Dd July 9, 2010 .Dt PTHREAD_KILL 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm pthread_kill .Nd send a signal to a specified thread .Sh LIBRARY .Lb libpthread .Sh SYNOPSIS n pthread.h n signal.h .Ft int .Fn pthread_kill "pthread_t thread" "int sig" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pthread_kill function sends a signal, specified by .Fa sig , to a thread, specified by .Fa thread . The signal will be handled in the context of .Fa thread , but the signal action may alter the process as a whole. If .Fa sig is 0, error checking is performed, but no signal is actually sent. .Sh RETURN VALUES If successful, .Fn pthread_kill returns 0. Otherwise, an error number is returned. .Sh ERRORS .Fn pthread_kill shall fail if: l -tag -width Er t Bq Er EINVAL .Fa sig is an invalid or unsupported signal number. t Bq Er ESRCH .Fa thread is an invalid thread ID. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr kill 2 , .Xr sigwait 2 , .Xr pthread_self 3 , .Xr raise 3 .Sh STANDARDS The function conforms to .St -p1003.1-2001 .