summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/lib
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorache <ache@FreeBSD.org>1997-08-14 06:32:25 +0000
committerache <ache@FreeBSD.org>1997-08-14 06:32:25 +0000
commitb537b1cccad3ba885fb3f5bdc843a3660cd3c81c (patch)
tree7cb274944e5200c786f3ce80d38964a985a4064d /lib
parent6ee68884c1adf24ea324aac3cad3a320c98deec4 (diff)
downloadFreeBSD-src-b537b1cccad3ba885fb3f5bdc843a3660cd3c81c.zip
FreeBSD-src-b537b1cccad3ba885fb3f5bdc843a3660cd3c81c.tar.gz
Remove wrong machine-dependent phrase about maximum microseconds
limit. Small cleanup.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/ualarm.311
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/ualarm.3 b/lib/libc/gen/ualarm.3
index 958dda5..91713b2 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
-.\" $Id$
+.\" $Id: ualarm.3,v 1.5 1997/02/22 14:58:19 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd April 19, 1994
.Dt UALARM 3
@@ -71,16 +71,15 @@ microseconds have passed).
When the signal has successfully been caught,
.Fn ualarm
returns the amount of time left on the clock.
-The maximum number of
-.Ar microseconds
-allowed
-is 2147483647.
+.Sh NOTES
+.Pp
+A microsecond is 0.000001 seconds.
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr alarm 3 ,
.Xr getitimer 2 ,
.Xr setitimer 2 ,
.Xr sigpause 2 ,
.Xr sigvec 2 ,
-.Xr alarm 3 ,
.Xr signal 3 ,
.Xr sleep 3 ,
.Xr usleep 3
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud