pthread_kill() send a signal to a thread	Function
	SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION PARAMETERS RETURN VALUES CONFORMANCE MULTITHREAD SAFETY LEVEL PORTING ISSUES AVAILABILITY SEE ALSO

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SYNOPSIS

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_kill(pthread_t thread, int sig);

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DESCRIPTION

The pthread_kill() function is used to request that a signal be delivered to the specified thread. As with kill(), if sig is zero, error checking is performed but no signal is actually sent.

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PARAMETERS

thread 

Is the thread to which the signal is to be delivered.

sig 

Is the signal to deliver, or zero to check for existence of the specified thread.

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RETURN VALUES

On success, pthread_kill() returns 0. On error, one of the following values is returned:

EINVAL 

sig does not specify a valid signal number.

ESRCH 

thread does not specify a currently running thread in the process.

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CONFORMANCE

POSIX P1003.1 (1996)

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MULTITHREAD SAFETY LEVEL

MT-safe.

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PORTING ISSUES

None.

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AVAILABILITY

PTC MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers 64-Bit Edition
PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-Bit Edition

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SEE ALSO

Functions:

kill(), pthread_create()

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