NAME

alarm − execute a subroutine after a specified time

SYNOPSIS

integer function alarm (time, proc)
integer time
external proc

DESCRIPTION

This routine arranges for subroutine proc to be called after time seconds. If time is “0”, the alarm is turned off and no routine will be called.  The returned value will be the time remaining on the last alarm. 

FILES

/usr/lib/libU77.a

SEE ALSO

alarm(3C), sleep(3F), signal(3F)

BUGS

A subroutine cannot pass its own name to alarm because of restrictions in the standard. 

Sun Release 3.5  —  Last change: 16 February 1984