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26 .TH PTHREAD_KILL 3 2012-08-19 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
28 pthread_kill \- send a signal to a thread
31 .B #include <signal.h>
33 .BI "int pthread_kill(pthread_t " thread ", int " sig );
36 Compile and link with \fI\-pthread\fP.
40 function sends the signal
44 a thread in the same process as the caller.
45 The signal is asynchronously directed to
50 is 0, then no signal is sent, but error checking is still performed;
51 this can be used to check for the existence of a thread ID.
56 on error, it returns an error number, and no signal is sent.
60 An invalid signal was specified.
69 Signal dispositions are process-wide:
70 if a signal handler is installed,
71 the handler will be invoked in the thread
73 but if the disposition of the signal is "stop", "continue", or "terminate",
74 this action will affect the whole process.
80 .BR pthread_sigmask (3),