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| author | ache <ache@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-08-14 07:44:57 +0000 |
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| committer | ache <ache@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-08-14 07:44:57 +0000 |
| commit | da5b9d9f1162676a28ce83af04907aee22464dde (patch) | |
| tree | 8b161e6010561e44623d2e7f626849f2db9cd9c1 /lib/libc/gen/alarm.3 | |
| parent | 26234bbec84fa31216740405aff39dbb9f6e7e41 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-da5b9d9f1162676a28ce83af04907aee22464dde.zip FreeBSD-src-da5b9d9f1162676a28ce83af04907aee22464dde.tar.gz | |
Describe upper limit based on itimerfix restriction
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/alarm.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/alarm.3 | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/alarm.3 b/lib/libc/gen/alarm.3 index 4d99fa1..5e47a15 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/alarm.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/alarm.3 @@ -60,10 +60,14 @@ will supersede the prior call. The request .Fn alarm "0" voids the current -alarm and the signal SIGALRM will not be delivered. The maximum number of +alarm and the signal SIGALRM will not be delivered. +.Pp +Due to +.Xr setitimer 2 +restriction the maximum number of .Ar seconds -allowed -is 2147483647. +allowed is 100000000. +.Sh RETURN VALUES .Pp The return value of .Fn alarm |
