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.\" @(#)alarm.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\" $Id$
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.Dd April 19, 1994
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.Dt ALARM 3
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm alarm
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.Nd set signal timer alarm
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <unistd.h>
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.Ft unsigned int
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.Fn alarm "unsigned int seconds"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Bf -symbolic
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This interface is made obsolete by setitimer(2).
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.Ef
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn alarm
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function sets a timer to deliver the signal
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.Dv SIGALRM
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to the calling process after the specified number of
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.Fa seconds .
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If an alarm has already been set with
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.Fn alarm
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but has not been delivered, another call to
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.Fn alarm
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will supersede the prior call.
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The request
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.Fn alarm "0"
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voids the current
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alarm and the signal SIGALRM will not be delivered.
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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 seconds
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allowed is 100000000.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Pp
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The return value of
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.Fn alarm
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is the amount of time left on the timer from a previous call to
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.Fn alarm .
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If no alarm is currently set, the return value is 0.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr setitimer 2 ,
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.Xr sigaction 2 ,
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.Xr sigpause 2 ,
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.Xr sigvec 2 ,
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.Xr signal 3 ,
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.Xr sleep 3 ,
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.Xr ualarm 3 ,
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.Xr usleep 3
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.\" .Sh STANDARDS
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.\" The
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.\" .Fn alarm
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.\" function conforms to
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.\" .St -p1003.1-90 .
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.Sh HISTORY
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An
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.Fn alarm
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function appeared in
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.At v7 .
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