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View Ref-FileTsetitimer()                                                         GEMDOS

Syntax

LONG Tsetitimer( which, interval, value, ointerval, ovalue )
WORD which;
LONG *interval;
LONG *value;
LONG *ointerval;
LONG *ovalue;

Function      Tsetitimer() schedule an interval timer.

Opcode        329 (0x0149)

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

Parametres    which is ITIMER_REAL (0) for SIGALRM, ITIMER_VIRTUAL (1)
              for SIGVTALRM, or ITIMER_PROF (2) for SIGPROF.

              The rest of the parameters are pointers to millisecond
              values. interval is the value to which the timer will be
              reset. value is the current timer value. ointerval and
              ovalue are the previous values.

Binding       pea     ovalue
              pea     ointerval
              pea     value
              pea     inteval
              move.w  which,-(sp)
              move.w  #$0149,-(sp)
              trap    #1
              lea     $12(sp),sp

Return Value  Value Tsetitimer() returns E_OK or a negative GEMDOS error
              code otherwise.

Comments      Setting new interval values needs root privileges.