#include #include #include #include #include void catcher(int sig) { printf("Signal catcher called for signal %d\n", sig); } void timestamp(char *str) { time_t t; time(&t); printf("The time %s is %s\n", str, ctime(&t)); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int result = 0; int err = 0; struct sigaction sigact; sigset_t waitset; siginfo_t info; struct timespec timeout; sigemptyset(&sigact.sa_mask); sigact.sa_flags = 0; sigact.sa_handler = catcher; sigaction(SIGALRM, &sigact, NULL); sigemptyset(&waitset); sigaddset(&waitset, SIGALRM); sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &waitset, NULL); timeout.tv_sec = 4; /* Number of seconds to wait */ timeout.tv_nsec = 1000; /* Number of nanoseconds to wait */ alarm(2); timestamp("before sigtimedwait()"); result = sigtimedwait(&waitset, &info, &timeout); err = errno; timestamp("after sigtimedwait()"); if(result > 0){ printf("sigtimedwait() returned for signal %d\n", info.si_signo); return 0; } printf("sigtimedwait() returned %d; errno = %d\n", result, err); perror("sigtimedwait() function failed"); return 1; }