[Box Backup] setitimer etc

Gary boxbackup@fluffy.co.uk
Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:22:36 -0700 (PDT)


Nick,

> behaviour of your code it looks as though it is expecting it to be
> fired multiple times - is this the case for these calls in unix?

Yes. The itimerval structure passed to setitimer has two distinct
fields: it_value and it_interval. The former specifies the very first
signal for the timer. The later specifies all later (recurring)
signals.

http://docs.hp.com/en/B9106-90009/getitimer.2.html

... has a decent description.

Gary



		
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