alarm()函数

先看一个例程：

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>

void sig_alarm(int sig)
{
    printf("here.\r\n");
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    int tm_remain = 0;
	int i;
	signal(SIGALRM, sig_alarm);
	alarm(120);

	for (i = 0; i < 5; i ++) {
		printf("sleeping...\r\n");
		sleep(1);
	}
	
	tm_remain = alarm(20);
	printf("tm remain: %d\r\n", tm_remain);

    while(1){
        sleep(4);
    }
    return (0);
}

alarm()的函数原型如下：

#include <unistd.h>
unsigned int alarm(unsigned int  secs);

理解了上述介绍，对于测试例程的结果，便很好明白：
$ ./a.out 
sleeping...
sleeping...
sleeping...
sleeping...
sleeping...
tm remain: 115
here.