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1/*
2 * Copyright (c) 1985 Regents of the University of California.
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3 * All rights reserved.
4 *
269a7923 5 * %sccs.include.redist.c%
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6 */
7
2ce81398 8#if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
269a7923 9static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ualarm.c 5.4 (Berkeley) %G%";
cecf1c1c 10#endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
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12#include <sys/time.h>
13
14#define USPS 1000000 /* # of microseconds in a second */
15
16/*
17 * Generate a SIGALRM signal in ``usecs'' microseconds.
18 * If ``reload'' is non-zero, keep generating SIGALRM
19 * every ``reload'' microseconds after the first signal.
20 */
21unsigned
22ualarm(usecs, reload)
23 register unsigned usecs;
24 register unsigned reload;
25{
26 struct itimerval new, old;
27
28 new.it_interval.tv_usec = reload % USPS;
29 new.it_interval.tv_sec = reload / USPS;
30
31 new.it_value.tv_usec = usecs % USPS;
32 new.it_value.tv_sec = usecs / USPS;
33
34 if (setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &new, &old) == 0)
35 return (old.it_value.tv_sec * USPS + old.it_value.tv_usec);
36 /* else */
37 return (-1);
38}