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1 /* $NetBSD$ */
3 /*
4 * Copyright (c) 1997-2009 Erez Zadok
5 * Copyright (c) 1990 Jan-Simon Pendry
6 * Copyright (c) 1990 Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine
7 * Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
8 * All rights reserved.
10 * This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
11 * Jan-Simon Pendry at Imperial College, London.
13 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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42 * File: am-utils/libamu/ualarm.c
46 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
47 # include <config.h>
48 #endif /* HAVE_CONFIG_H */
49 #include <am_defs.h>
50 #include <amu.h>
52 #define USPS 1000000 /* # of microseconds in a second */
56 * Generate a SIGALRM signal in ``usecs'' microseconds.
57 * If ``reload'' is non-zero, keep generating SIGALRM
58 * every ``reload'' microseconds after the first signal.
60 u_int
61 ualarm(u_int usecs, u_int interval)
63 struct itimerval new, old;
65 new.it_interval.tv_usec = interval % USPS;
66 new.it_interval.tv_sec = interval / USPS;
67 new.it_value.tv_usec = usecs % USPS;
68 new.it_value.tv_sec = usecs / USPS;
70 if (setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &new, &old) == 0)
71 return (old.it_value.tv_sec * USPS + old.it_value.tv_usec);
73 return -1;