hi Barrie,

 BH>    I've endeavored to start working on my 1st programming project   
 BH> under os/2 and am using emx/gcc.  The alarm() function works   
 BH> great, but HOW DO I CATCH IT???  Can anyone post a bit of code   
 BH> that will do something when alarm sounds other than terminating   
 BH> the process???  Am trying to use it for a screensaver for the    menu
 BH> of my program.

You write a signal handling function and install it with pe. signal().  How
you write a handler depends on what libraries you link to (emx, BSD or
SysV).  Read charter 5 of books\emxlib.inf: it's all about signals.

regards,
         hugo