James wrote:
> Why doesn't linux have a ualarm() or sigset()? it's mildly irritating.
Probably because neither are required by POSIX. sigset() is a SVR3
leftover. I don't have clue what ualarm() is (Stevens doesn't mention
it).
> cos if i'm writing some program that needs a continuous alarm sending
> i have to repeatedly call signal() and alarm() to set one up. surely
> there's an easier way.
Like setitimer()?
> including <bsd/signal.h> just gives me an error about the file not existing
> but it does exist :
>
> bigbird:~# ls -l /usr/include/bsd/signal.h
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 603 Apr 12 1997 /usr/include/bsd/signal.h
Is /usr/include in your include path?
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