/*-------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* testalarm.c                                                       */
/* The alarm system call.                                            */
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------*/

#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void mySignalHandler(int iSignal)
{
   printf("In mySignalHandler with argument %d\n", iSignal);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   signal(SIGALRM, mySignalHandler);

   alarm(5);

   printf("Entering an infinite loop\n");
   for (;;)
      ;

   return 0;
}


/* Sample execution:

--> gcc -Wall -ansi -pedantic -o testalarm testalarm.c
--> testalarm
Entering an infinite loop
In mySignalHandler with argument 14
^C

*/