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Tmalarm()                                                            GEMDOS

Syntax

LONG Tmalarm( time )
LONG time;

Function      Tmalarm() reads/sets a process alarm for the current process.

Opcode        317 (0x013d)

Availability  Available when a 'MiNT' cookie with a version of at least 1.10
              exists.

Parametres    time specifies the length of time (in milliseconds)
              to wait before a SIGALRM signal is delivered. If time is 0
              then any previously set alarm is cancelled. If time is
              negative the function does not modify any alarm currently
              set.

Binding       move.l  time,-(sp)
              move.w  #$013d,-(sp)
              trap    #1
              addq.l  #6,sp

Return Value  Tmalarm() returns 0 if no alarm was scheduled prior to this
              call or the amount of time remaining (in milliseconds)
              before the alarm is triggered.

Comments      If no SIGALRM signal handler has been set up when the alarm
              is triggered, the process will be killed.

See Also      Talarm(), Pause(), Psignal()