* Copyright (c) 1985 Regents of the University of California.
* %sccs.include.redist.c%
#if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
static char sccsid
[] = "@(#)ualarm.c 5.5 (Berkeley) %G%";
#endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
#define USPS 1000000 /* # of microseconds in a second */
* Generate a SIGALRM signal in ``usecs'' microseconds.
* If ``reload'' is non-zero, keep generating SIGALRM
* every ``reload'' microseconds after the first signal.
register unsigned reload
;
struct itimerval
new, old
;
new.it_interval
.tv_usec
= reload
% USPS
;
new.it_interval
.tv_sec
= reload
/ USPS
;
new.it_value
.tv_usec
= usecs
% USPS
;
new.it_value
.tv_sec
= usecs
/ USPS
;
if (setitimer(ITIMER_REAL
, &new, &old
) == 0)
return (old
.it_value
.tv_sec
* USPS
+ old
.it_value
.tv_usec
);