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122079Smckusick /*
222079Smckusick  * Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
3*35304Sbostic  * All rights reserved.
4*35304Sbostic  *
5*35304Sbostic  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
6*35304Sbostic  * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are
7*35304Sbostic  * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation,
8*35304Sbostic  * advertising materials, and other materials related to such
9*35304Sbostic  * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed
10*35304Sbostic  * by the University of California, Berkeley.  The name of the
11*35304Sbostic  * University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
12*35304Sbostic  * from this software without specific prior written permission.
13*35304Sbostic  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
14*35304Sbostic  * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED
15*35304Sbostic  * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
1622079Smckusick  */
1712973Ssam 
1826541Sdonn #if defined(LIBC_SCCS) && !defined(lint)
19*35304Sbostic static char sccsid[] = "@(#)alarm.c	5.3 (Berkeley) 08/02/88";
20*35304Sbostic #endif /* LIBC_SCCS and not lint */
2122079Smckusick 
2212973Ssam /*
2312973Ssam  * Backwards compatible alarm.
2412973Ssam  */
2512973Ssam #include <sys/time.h>
2612973Ssam 
2712973Ssam alarm(secs)
2812973Ssam 	int secs;
2912973Ssam {
3012973Ssam 	struct itimerval it, oitv;
3112973Ssam 	register struct itimerval *itp = &it;
3212973Ssam 
3312973Ssam 	timerclear(&itp->it_interval);
3412973Ssam 	itp->it_value.tv_sec = secs;
3512973Ssam 	itp->it_value.tv_usec = 0;
3612973Ssam 	if (setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, itp, &oitv) < 0)
3712973Ssam 		return (-1);
3816215Sralph 	if (oitv.it_value.tv_usec)
3916215Sralph 		oitv.it_value.tv_sec++;
4012973Ssam 	return (oitv.it_value.tv_sec);
4112973Ssam }
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