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From: karl@cygnet.CYGNETSYSTEMS (Karl Danz)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Looking for fast timer
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Date: Sat, 5-Jan-85 20:14:21 EST
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> We are looking for some type of timer function, such as alarm(2),
> which will give us a granularity of 1/60th of a second. If I can recall
> correctly, I once read something about /dev/ft. Does anybody know
> about this?? Thanks.

If you are running 4.2BSD, you can use setitimer(2).  The resolution
provided is that of the system clock.  See the code for sleep() in the
C library for a usage example, or I can mail you a copy of our xsleep()
routine whose argument is a double (hint).

					Karl Danz
					Cygnet Systems
					...!hplabs!cygnet!karl