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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:41:07 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:41:07 +0000 |
commit | 3af6d22bb3850ab2bac67287e3a3d3b0e32868e5 (patch) | |
tree | 3ee7a3ec64525911fa865bb984c86d997d855527 /man3/ualarm.3 | |
parent | Adding debian version 6.05.01-1. (diff) | |
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Merging upstream version 6.7.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man3/ualarm.3 b/man3/ualarm.3 index 55ca2d7..0d4275c 100644 --- a/man3/ualarm.3 +++ b/man3/ualarm.3 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later .\" -.TH ualarm 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH ualarm 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME ualarm \- schedule signal after given number of microseconds .SH LIBRARY @@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ Standard C library .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B "#include <unistd.h>" -.PP +.P .BI "useconds_t ualarm(useconds_t " usecs ", useconds_t " interval ); .fi -.PP +.P .RS -4 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see .BR feature_test_macros (7)): .RE -.PP +.P .BR ualarm (): .nf Since glibc 2.12: @@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ 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. -.PP +.P Unless caught or ignored, the .B SIGALRM signal will terminate the process. -.PP +.P If the .I interval argument is nonzero, further @@ -80,23 +80,22 @@ T{ .BR ualarm () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE -.sp 1 .SH STANDARDS None. .SH HISTORY 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. POSIX.1-2001 marks it as obsolete. Removed in POSIX.1-2008. -.PP +.P 4.3BSD, SUSv2, and POSIX do not define any errors. -.PP +.P POSIX.1-2001 does not specify what happens if the .I usecs argument is 0. .\" This case is not documented in HP-US, Solar, FreeBSD, NetBSD, or OpenBSD! On Linux (and probably most other systems), the effect is to cancel any pending alarm. -.PP +.P The type .I useconds_t is an unsigned integer type capable of holding integers @@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ were instead typed as Programs will be more portable if they never mention .I useconds_t explicitly. -.PP +.P The interaction of this function with other timer functions such as .BR alarm (2), @@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ other timer functions such as .BR timer_settime (2), .BR usleep (3) is unspecified. -.PP +.P This function is obsolete. Use .BR setitimer (2) |