NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       untimeout  -  General:  Removes the scheduled routine from
       the callout queues

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       boolean_t untimeout(
               int (*function) (),
               caddr_t argument );

ARGUMENTS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Specifies a pointer to the routine to be removed from  the
       callout  queues.  Specifies a single argument to be passed
       to the called routine.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The untimeout routine removes the scheduled  routine  from
       the callout queue. The specified routine was placed on the
       callout queue in a previous call to the  timeout  routine.
       The  argument  formal  parameter  must  match the argument
       parameter you specified in the previous call to timeout.

       If the specified routine is  not  in  the  callout  queue,
       untimeout returns without removing any scheduled routines.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The untimeout routine returns the value  TRUE  on  success
       and the value FALSE on failure.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       Routines: timeout(9r)



                                                    untimeout(9r)