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+.\"     @(#)alarm.3	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
+.\"
+.Dd April 19, 1994
+.Dt ALARM 3
+.Os BSD 4
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm alarm
+.Nd set signal timer alarm
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Fd #include <unistd.h>
+.Ft u_int
+.Fn alarm "u_int seconds"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Bf -symbolic
+This interface is made obsolete by setitimer(2).
+.Ef
+.Pp
+The
+.Fn alarm
+function
+waits a count of
+.Ar seconds
+before asserting the terminating signal
+.Dv SIGALRM .
+When the signal has successfully been caught,
+.Fn alarm
+returns the amount of time left on the clock.
+The maximum number of
+.Ar seconds
+allowed
+is 2147483647.
+.Pp
+If an alarm has been set with
+.Fn alarm ,
+another call to
+.Fn alarm
+will supersede the prior call.
+The request
+.Fn alarm "0"
+voids the current
+alarm.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr sigaction 2 ,
+.Xr setitimer 2 ,
+.Xr sigpause 2 ,
+.Xr sigvec 2 ,
+.Xr signal 3 ,
+.Xr sleep 3 ,
+.Xr ualarm 3 ,
+.Xr usleep 3
+.Sh HISTORY
+An
+.Fn alarm
+function appeared in 
+.At v7 .