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1.1     ! root        1: .TH ALARM 3F "18 July 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: alarm \- execute a subroutine after a specified time
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B integer function alarm (time, proc)
        !             7: .br
        !             8: .B integer time
        !             9: .br
        !            10: .B external proc
        !            11: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            12: This routine arranges for subroutine
        !            13: .I proc
        !            14: to be called after
        !            15: .I time
        !            16: seconds. If
        !            17: .I time
        !            18: is ``0'', the alarm is turned off and no routine will be called.
        !            19: The returned value will be the time remaining on the last alarm.
        !            20: .SH FILES
        !            21: .ie \nM /usr/ucb/lib/libU77.a
        !            22: .el /usr/lib/libU77.a
        !            23: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            24: alarm(3C), sleep(3F), signal(3F)
        !            25: .SH BUGS
        !            26: .I Alarm
        !            27: and
        !            28: .I sleep
        !            29: interact. If
        !            30: .I sleep
        !            31: is called after
        !            32: .IR alarm ,
        !            33: the
        !            34: .I alarm
        !            35: process will never be called. SIGALRM will occur at the lesser of the
        !            36: remaining
        !            37: .I alarm
        !            38: time or the
        !            39: .I sleep
        !            40: time.

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