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#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
static
int
count = 0;
void
set_timer()
{
struct
itimerval itv;
itv.it_value.tv_sec = 3; //timer start after 3 seconds later
itv.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
itv.it_interval.tv_sec = 1;
itv.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
setitimer(ITIMER_REAL,&itv,NULL);
}
void
signal_handler(
int
m)
{
count ++;
printf("%d\n"
,count);
}
int
main()
{
signal(SIGALRM,signal_handler);
set_timer();
while
(count
exit(0);
return
0;
}
这段代码实现的功能:3秒钟后启动定时器,然后每隔1秒钟向终端打印count的递增值,当count到10时程序退出。
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struct
itimerval {
struct
timeval it_interval;
struct
timeval it_value;
};
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struct
timeval {
long
tv_sec;
long
tv_usec;
};
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struct
itimerval {
struct
timeval it_interval;
struct
timeval it_value;
};
struct
timeval {
long
tv_sec;
long
tv_usec;
};
再来看这个函数:
int setitimer(int which, const struct itimerval
*value,
struct itimerval *ovalue);
setitimer()将value指向的结构体设为计时器的当前值,如果ovalue不是NULL,将返回计时器原有值。
which:间歇计时器类型,有三种选择
ITIMER_REAL
//数值为0,计时器的值实时递减,发送的信号是SIGALRM。ITIMER_VIRTUAL
//数值为1,进程执行时递减计时器的值,发送的信号是SIGVTALRM。ITIMER_PROF
//数值为2,进程和系统执行时都递减计时器的值,发送的信号是SIGPROF。
返回说明: 成功执行时,返回0。失败返回-1,errno被设为以下的某个值 EFAULT:value或ovalue是不有效的指针EINVAL:其值不是ITIMER_REAL,ITIMER_VIRTUAL
或 ITIMER_PROF之一