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gettimer(3C)							  gettimer(3C)

NAME
       gettimer - get value of a per-process timer

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       The function returns an structure value to the argument.	 The member of
       the structure represents the amount of time  in	the  current  interval
       before  the  timer  expires  for	 the timer specified in or zero if the
       timer is disabled.  The member has the value  last  set	by  (see  rel‐
       timer(3C)).   The members of are subject to the resolution of the timer
       (see mktimer(3C)).

       The behavior of this function is undefined if is NULL.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, returns zero; otherwise, it returns −1  and
       sets to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       fails if any of the following conditions are encountered:

	      [EINVAL]	  does not correspond to an ID returned by

	      [EIO]	  An error occurred while accessing the clock device.

FILES
SEE ALSO
       timers(2),	timer_gettime(2),      mktimer(3C),	 reltimer(3C),
       thread_safety(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
								  gettimer(3C)

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