ALARM(2)                 HP Integral PC                  ALARM(2)
     ALARM(2)                 HP Integral PC                  ALARM(2)
     ALARM(2)                 HP Integral PC                  ALARM(2)
     ALARM(2)                 HP Integral PC                  ALARM(2)



     NAME
     NAME
     NAME
     NAME
          alarm - set a process's alarm clock

     SYNOPSIS
     SYNOPSIS
     SYNOPSIS
     SYNOPSIS
          unsigned alarm (sec)
          unsigned sec;

     DESCRIPTION
     DESCRIPTION
     DESCRIPTION
     DESCRIPTION
          Alarm instructs the calling process's alarm clock to send
          the signal SIGALRM to the calling process after the number
          of real time seconds specified by sec have elapsed; see
          signal (2).

          Alarm requests are not stacked; successive calls reset the
          calling process's alarm clock.

          If sec is 0, any previously made alarm request is canceled.

     RETURN VALUE
     RETURN VALUE
     RETURN VALUE
     RETURN VALUE
          Alarm returns the amount of time previously remaining in the
          calling process's alarm clock.

     SEE ALSO
     SEE ALSO
     SEE ALSO
     SEE ALSO
          pause(2), signal(2).































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