more on timers

vladak · vladak · commit e9c56e83d39f · 2023-02-25T15:45:23.000+01:00
diff --git a/signals.tex b/signals.tex
@@ -387,6 +387,8 @@
 \begin{itemize}
 \item \texttt{SIGALRM} and related function \funnm{alarm} is used for setting
 timer alarms, useful for implementation of timeouts, for example.
+\item The timers set by \texttt{alarm()} are not inherited across fork,
+however the signal disposition is.
 \end{itemize}
 
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