timers.2 (2010 09)

timers(2) timers(2)

if (timer_create(CLOCK_REALTIME, &sigev, &timerid)

== -1) {

perror("timer_create");

exit(1);

}

if (timer_settime(timerid, 0, &one_minute,

(struct itimerspec *)NULL) == -1) {

perror("timer_create");

exit(1);

}

pause();

if (timer_delete(timerid) == -1) {

perror("timer_delete");

exit(1);

}

return 0;

}

AUTHOR

timer_create(), timer_delete()

, timer_settime(), timer_gettime()

, and

timer_getoverrun()

were derived from the proposed IEEE POSIX P1003.4 standard, draft 14.