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34.\" 35.Dd April 19, 1994 36.Dt ALARM 3 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm alarm 40.Nd set signal timer alarm 41.Sh LIBRARY 42.Lb libc 43.Sh SYNOPSIS 44.Fd #include <unistd.h> 45.Ft unsigned int 46.Fn alarm "unsigned int seconds" 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48.Bf -symbolic |
49This interface is made obsolete by 50.Xr setitimer 2 . |
51.Ef 52.Pp 53The 54.Fn alarm 55function sets a timer to deliver the signal 56.Dv SIGALRM 57to the calling process after the specified number of 58.Fa seconds . --- 40 unchanged lines hidden --- |