mes/lib/posix/alarm.c

/* -*-comment-start: "//";comment-end:""-*-
 * GNU Mes --- Maxwell Equations of Software
 * Copyright © 2018 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
 *
 * This file is part of GNU Mes.
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#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

unsigned int
alarm (unsigned int seconds)
{
#if !__MESC__
  struct itimerval old;
  struct itimerval new;
  new.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
  new.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
  new.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
  new.it_value.tv_sec = (long int) seconds;
  if (setitimer (ITIMER_REAL, &new, &old) < 0)
    return 0;
  return old.it_value.tv_sec;
#endif
}