On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, David Harel wrote:
> #include <errno.h>
>
> #include <unistd.h>
> #include <signal.h>
>
> #include <stdlib.h>
>
> void sigalrmHandler(int gotsig)
> {
> kill(getppid(), SIGUSR1);
> alarm(2);
> }
>
> int main(int argc, char ** argv)
> {
> alarm(2);
> signal(SIGALRM, sigalrmHandler);
a-ha! and since when do you use 'signal' in a portable program, that's
supposed to have a persistent signal handler?
read 'man 2 signal', and look at the portability notes.
then read 'man 2 sigaction', and use sigaction() instead of signal().
> while(1)
> pause();
> exit(0);
> }
--
guy
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