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PTHREAD_KILL(3)		    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")

FreeBSD	13.2			April 27, 2000		       PTHREAD_KILL(3)
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