Sigalrm routine using MS CL compiler

[sonias]

Hi,
In Linux I can use the "sigalrm" to set a timer with certain set time and start the main program and when the time is up the main program in interrupted and the program exit, but this signal is not available in MS CL compiler can any one help with a sample code.

Thanks in advance.

[jkmyoung]

You could create a thread that sleeps for a set time, and upon waking, forces the program to exit. Note that this will not be an exact amount of time; it depends on how much time there is between time up and the thread waking.

[Banfa]

You could possible use a waitable timer via

CreateWaitableT imer
SetWaitableTime r

To just callback a function when the time is up.

[sonias]

Sigalrm routine using MS CL compiler

Hi jkmyoung,
Thanks for your reply - I am new to threads can you help simple timer thread example ?

Regards,

[jkmyoung]

Thread sleep example
So in the thread's function, after the call to sleep is done, have it interrupt the program.
Your main code goes after newThread->Start();

[sonias]

Sigalrm routine using MS CL compiler

Hi,
Thanks for reply I am using MS command line (cl) c compiler - not c++