ref: f0f2d452c873255dec4b3359b3f93e349be0f2c5
dir: /sys/src/cmd/alarm.c/
/* * alarm * * you may think some rc script can be same effect * I did but I realized rc script does not work cleanly. * The bellowing has a problem. so I wrote in C * -Kenar- * * #!/bin/rc * if(~ $* 0 1) * echo usage: alarm time command arg ... * rfork e * t=$1 * shift * c=$* * { sleep $t; * if(test -e /proc/$pid) * echo alarm >/proc/$pid/note * }& * exec $c * */ #include <u.h> #include <libc.h> void usage(void) { fprint(2,"usage: %s time command [ arg ... ]\n", argv0); exits("usage"); } static void catch(void *, char *msg) { postnote(PNGROUP, getpid(), msg); noted(NDFLT); } void main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char buf[1024], *p, *q; Waitmsg *w; long n, t; argv0 = argv[0]; if(argc < 3) usage(); n = strtol(argv[1], &p, 10); if(n < 0) usage(); t = n * 1000; if(*p++ == '.' && (n = strtol(p, &q, 10)) > 0){ switch(q - p){ case 0: break; case 1: n *= 100; break; case 2: n *= 10; break; default: p[3] = 0; n = strtol(p, 0, 10); break; } t += n; } rfork(RFNOTEG); switch(rfork(RFFDG|RFREND|RFPROC|RFMEM)){ case -1: sysfatal("%r"); case 0: /* child */ exec(argv[2], &argv[2]); if(argv[2][0] != '/' && strncmp(argv[2], "./", 2) && strncmp(argv[2], "../", 3)){ snprint(buf, sizeof(buf), "/bin/%s", argv[2]); exec(argv[2] = buf, &argv[2]); } sysfatal("%s: %r", argv[2]); } notify(catch); alarm(t); if(w = wait()) exits(w->msg); exits("alarm"); }