Cygwin supports ITIMER_REAL only.
Sergey Okhapkin
Somerset, NJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "gilles BOURGEOIS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:27 AM
Subject: setitimer/SIGVTALRM error form cygwin shell.
> Hello
> I am trying to simulate a tick timer under cygwin but it does not work :
> with the following code :
>
> /* Initialise timer structure */
> interval.it_interval.tv_sec = 1;
> interval.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
> interval.it_value.tv_sec = 1;
> interval.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
>
> /* Initialise virtual timer */
> if (!sigaction (SIGVTALRM, &sigact, 0))
> {
> if ( (err=setitimer (ITIMER_PROF, &s_Rtk_interval, NULL)) <0)
> {printf ("StartTimer could not setitimer %d\n",err);
> printf ("errno errno = %d (%s).\n", errno, strerror(errno));
>
> exit (0);
> }
> }
> else
> {
> fprintf( stderr, "Erreur :%d\n", errno );
> }
>
> I got the invalid argument (errno) error ??
> did someone manage the use of virtual timer under cygwin?
> thanks
> gilles
>
>
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