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echo: os2prog
to: Barrie Hiern
from: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
date: 1996-01-14 20:06:16
subject: Catching the alarm()

BH>
  > [I] am using emx/gcc.  The alarm() function works
  > great, but HOW DO I CATCH IT???
BH>

  signal()

  Unless you are writing an application that *only* runs in full screen
  (and you'd better have a good reason for such a restriction), then do
  not build a screen saver into your application.

  > JdeBP <
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