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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/ualarm.3 | |
| parent | 26234bbec84fa31216740405aff39dbb9f6e7e41 (diff) | |
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Describe upper limit based on itimerfix restriction
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/ualarm.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/gen/ualarm.3 | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/ualarm.3 b/lib/libc/gen/ualarm.3 index 91713b2..bad7e10 100644 --- a/lib/libc/gen/ualarm.3 +++ b/lib/libc/gen/ualarm.3 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" From: @(#)ualarm.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 -.\" $Id: ualarm.3,v 1.5 1997/02/22 14:58:19 peter Exp $ +.\" $Id: ualarm.3,v 1.6 1997/08/14 06:32:25 ache Exp $ .\" .Dd April 19, 1994 .Dt UALARM 3 @@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ to the process every microseconds after the timer expires (e.g. after .Fa value microseconds have passed). +.Pp +Due to +.Xr setitimer 2 +restriction the maximum number of +.Ar microseconds +and +.Ar interval +is limited to 100000000000000 +(in case this value fit in the unsigned integer). .Sh RETURN VALUES When the signal has successfully been caught, .Fn ualarm |
