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11-13-2005
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performing a task at regular intervals
hi!
i m tryin to write a program that will perform a specific tasks after fixed interval of time.say every 1 min. i jus donno how to go abt it.. which functions to use and so on... i wud like to add that i am dont want to use crontab over here. ny lead is appreciated. thanx. Last edited by mridula; 11-13-2005 at 09:07 AM. 
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11-14-2005
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UNIX supports about 30 signals, each with a unique integer code. You can program the current process to react to a particular signal in one of these ways.
React according to the default, which is to terminate, do nothing, or possibly dump core Ignore the signal Execute a user-supplied signal handler function In addition, you can program the current process to block certain signals. Blocked signals are queued and only delivered if they are unblocked. If you want a reminder of a timeout you can set the SIGALRM signal to the current process. Write a signal handler for the same and perform your operations there. However there are two ways of implementing UNIX signal. SYSV and BSD style. The BSD style is more efficient.
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11-14-2005
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If you are looking to write a loop, then you might want to look at the sleep call as well. As in:
Code:
while(1) {
do stuff..
..
..
sleep(60); /* here you will sleep for 60 sec and then wake up and go on to do the same stuff again*/
}
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