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From: rbart@shakespyr.Pyramid.COM (Bob Bart)
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Subject: Re: Problem with sleep and signal/alarm.
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Date: 6 May 91 22:05:18 GMT
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In article <1991May6.153937.28635@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>,
winnard@frith.msu.edu writes:
|> I'm having trouble getting the sleep function to work
|> under C when I use signal/alarm function.

The sleep() function uses the interval timer to do the sleep. This means you
can't use both simultaneously.

You can have your cake, but you can't eat it.

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