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authorache <ache@FreeBSD.org>1997-08-14 08:26:25 +0000
committerache <ache@FreeBSD.org>1997-08-14 08:26:25 +0000
commit9ef9656a1f9ea4872732835c7f6e7f573851f596 (patch)
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parent4ef0ac8df99354f547ef2b6198eb0546c1ff7beb (diff)
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Explicitly point that it_value == 0 disables timer regardles of
it_interval value. It is backward-compatible with previous usage and SunOS-compatible now.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/getitimer.24
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getitimer.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getitimer.2
index 23877a6..171bc42 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/getitimer.2
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/getitimer.2
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ is non-zero, it specifies a value to be used in reloading
when the timer expires.
Setting
.Fa it_value
-to 0 disables a timer. Setting
+to 0 disables a timer, regardless of the value of
+.Fa it_interval .
+Setting
.Fa it_interval
to 0 causes a timer to be disabled after its next expiration (assuming
.Fa it_value
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