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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California. |
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993, 1994 |
.\" All rights reserved. |
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. |
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without |
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without |
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions |
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions |
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
.\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
.\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
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.\" @(#)alarm.3 6.4 (Berkeley) 4/19/91 |
.\" @(#)alarm.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 |
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.Dd April 19, 1991 |
.Dd April 19, 1994 |
.Dt ALARM 3 |
.Dt ALARM 3 |
.Os BSD 4 |
.Os BSD 4 |
.Sh NAME |
.Sh NAME |
Line 56 before asserting the terminating signal |
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Line 56 before asserting the terminating signal |
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When the signal has successfully been caught, |
When the signal has successfully been caught, |
.Fn alarm |
.Fn alarm |
returns the amount of time left on the clock. |
returns the amount of time left on the clock. |
The maximum mumber of |
The maximum number of |
.Ar seconds |
.Ar seconds |
allowed |
allowed |
is 2147483647. |
is 2147483647. |
Line 65 If an alarm has been set with |
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Line 65 If an alarm has been set with |
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.Fn alarm , |
.Fn alarm , |
another call to |
another call to |
.Fn alarm |
.Fn alarm |
will superceed the prior call. |
will supersede the prior call. |
The request |
The request |
.Fn alarm "0" |
.Fn alarm "0" |
voids the current |
voids the current |