kill-signal-pause

#include <sys/types.h>//kill
#include <signal.h>//kill;signal
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>//pause
#include <stdlib.h>

static int alarm_fired = 0;

void ding(int sig)
{
	alarm_fired = 1;
}

int main()
{
	pid_t pid;
	printf("alarm application starting\n");
	pid = fork();
	switch(pid)
	{
		case -1: perror("fork failed\n");exit(1);
		case 0: sleep(5); kill(getppid(), SIGALRM);exit(0);
	}

	//parent process wait
	printf("waiting for alarm to go off\n");
	(void) signal(SIGALRM, ding);
	pause();//hang the parent process untill recieving a singal
	if(alarm_fired == 1)
	 	printf("Ding\n");
	printf("done");
	exit(0);
}

[Output]

$ cc -o alarm alarm.c
$ ./alarm
alarm application starting
waiting for alarm to go off
Ding  // after 5 seconds