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[openbeosnetteam] Re: Ping & timers...
- From: philippe.houdoin@xxxxxxx
- To: openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 15:12:54 +0200 (MEST)
> The ping application uses setitimer and friends...
> For those who are unaware it's a function in unix land that allows you
> to specify a timeout and then have a SIGALRM sent to the process.
> Now, before i go mad and write all sorts of code anyone else want to
> take this on?
> We basically either need a replacement or an alternative method.
What about BeOS's set_alarm()?
file:///boot/develop/headers/be/kernel/OS.h:
extern _IMPEXP_ROOT bigtime_t set_alarm(bigtime_t when, uint32 flags);
Funny enough, you've posted a PostgreSQL BeOS patch using this function in
replacement of setitimer, search on "setitimer beos" on Google ;-)
-Philippe.
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