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.\" From: @(#)ualarm.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\" $Id: ualarm.3,v 1.7 1997/08/14 07:44:56 ache Exp $
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.Dd April 19, 1994
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.Dt UALARM 3
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.Os BSD 4.3
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm ualarm
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.Nd schedule signal after specified time
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <unistd.h>
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.Ft u_int
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.Fn ualarm "u_int microseconds" "u_int interval"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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This is a simplified interface to setitimer(2).
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.Ef
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn ualarm
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function
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waits a count of
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.Ar microseconds
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before asserting the terminating signal
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.Dv SIGALRM .
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System activity or time used in processing the call may cause a slight
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delay.
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.Pp
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If the
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.Fa interval
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argument is non-zero, the
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.Dv SIGALRM
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signal will be sent
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to the process every
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.Fa interval
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microseconds after the timer expires (e.g. after
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.Fa value
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microseconds have passed).
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.Pp
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Due to
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.Xr setitimer 2
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restriction the maximum number of
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.Ar microseconds
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and
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.Ar interval
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is limited to 100000000000000
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(in case this value fit in the unsigned integer).
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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When the signal has successfully been caught,
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.Fn ualarm
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returns the amount of time left on the clock.
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.Sh NOTES
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.Pp
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A microsecond is 0.000001 seconds.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getitimer 2 ,
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.Xr setitimer 2 ,
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.Xr sigpause 2 ,
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.Xr sigvec 2 ,
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.Xr alarm 3 ,
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.Xr signal 3 ,
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.Xr sleep 3 ,
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.Xr usleep 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn ualarm
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function appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 .
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