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[ale] SIGALRM
- Subject: [ale] SIGALRM
- From: der at hpuerca.atl.hp.com (Dave Ritchie)
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:13:09 -0400
Christopher Fowler wrote:
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> Why would a program catch signal 14 (SIGALRM)?
>
> Thanks,
> Christopher Fowler
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Because it is using the alarm(2) call to time some event....
-- Dave Ritchie
der at hpuerca.atl.hp.com