NAME
pthread_kill —
send a signal to a specified
thread
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
pthread_kill() will fail if:
- [
ESRCH] - thread is an invalid thread ID.
- [
EINVAL] - sig is an invalid or unsupported signal number.
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
pthread_kill() conforms to
ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (“POSIX.1”)