>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Portmann <map@infinitum.ch> writes:
Martin> In Solaris there is the function 'times()' that according
Martin> to the man page returns the elapsed real time, in clock
Martin> ticks, since an arbitrary point in the past. Windows has
Martin> 'GetTickerCount' ...
Any chance alarm(3) is what you're looking for?
Does anybody know if alarm is affected by settimeofday?
Bye
Greg