pthread_kill() manpage; from FreeBSD.

2 files changed, 77 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libpthread/man/Makefile.inc b/lib/libpthread/man/Makefile.inc
index 507098ec357..b0d611a0adb 100644
--- a/lib/libpthread/man/Makefile.inc
+++ b/lib/libpthread/man/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.14 2002/01/28 22:53:54 pvalchev Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.15 2002/02/20 05:16:20 fgsch Exp $
 # $FreeBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.6 1999/08/28 00:03:02 peter Exp $
 
 # POSIX thread man files
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ MAN+=	\
 	pthread_join.3 \
 	pthread_key_create.3 \
 	pthread_key_delete.3 \
+	pthread_kill.3 \
 	pthread_main_np.3 \
 	pthread_mutexattr.3 \
 	pthread_mutex_destroy.3 \
diff --git a/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_kill.3 b/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_kill.3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7560d665cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_kill.3
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: pthread_kill.3,v 1.1 2002/02/20 05:16:20 fgsch Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (C) 2000 Jason Evans <jasone@FreeBSD.org>.
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+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc_r/man/pthread_kill.3,v 1.8 2001/10/01 16:09:09 ru Exp $
+.Dd April 27, 2000
+.Dt PTHREAD_KILL 3
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm pthread_kill
+.Nd send a signal to a specified thread
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <pthread.h>
+.Fd #include <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 .
+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
+will fail if:
+.Bl -tag -width Er
+.It Bq Er ESRCH
+.Fa thread
+is an invalid thread ID.
+.It Bq Er EINVAL
+.Fa sig
+is an invalid or unsupported signal number.
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr kill 2 ,
+.Xr pthread_self 3 ,
+.Xr raise 3
+.Sh STANDARDS
+.Fn pthread_kill
+conforms to
+.St -p1003.1-96