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ualarm (3)
UALARM(3) Linux Programmer's Manual UALARM(3)
NAME
ualarm - schedule signal after given number of microseconds
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
useconds_t ualarm(useconds_t usecs, useconds_t interval);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
ualarm(): _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500
DESCRIPTION
The ualarm() function causes the signal SIGALRM to be sent to the
invoking process after (not less than) usecs microseconds. The delay
may be lengthened slightly by any system activity or by the time spent
processing the call or by the granularity of system timers.
Unless caught or ignored, the SIGALRM signal will terminate the pro-
cess.
If the interval argument is non-zero, further SIGALRM signals will be
sent every interval microseconds after the first.
RETURN VALUE
This function returns the number of microseconds remaining for any
alarm that was previously set, or 0 if no alarm was pending.
ERRORS
EINTR Interrupted by a signal.
EINVAL usecs or interval is not smaller than 1000000. (On systems
where that is considered an error.)
CONFORMING TO
4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. POSIX.1-2001 marks ualarm() as obsolete.
4.3BSD, SUSv2, and POSIX do not define any errors.
NOTES
The type useconds_t is an unsigned integer type capable of holding
integers in the range [0,1000000]. On the original BSD implementation,
and in glibc before version 2.1, the arguments to ualarm() were instead
typed as unsigned int. Programs will be more portable if they never
mention useconds_t explicitly.
The interaction of this function with other timer functions such as
alarm(2), sleep(3), nanosleep(2), setitimer(2), timer_create(3),
timer_delete(3), timer_getoverrun(3), timer_gettime(3), timer_set-
time(3), usleep(3) is unspecified.
This function is obsolete. Use setitimer(2) or POSIX interval timers
(timer_create(3), etc.) instead.
SEE ALSO
alarm(2), getitimer(2), nanosleep(2), select(2), setitimer(2),
usleep(3), time(7)
2007-07-26 UALARM(3)
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