Describe itimerfix upper limit

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Andrey A. Chernov 1997-08-14 07:57:58 +00:00
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@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ signal is
delivered. Because this signal may interrupt in-progress
system calls, programs using this timer must be prepared to
restart interrupted system calls.
.Pp
The maximum number of seconds allowed for
.Fa it_interval
and
.Fa it_value
in
.Fn setitimer
is 100000000.
.Sh NOTES
Three macros for manipulating time values are defined in
.Ao Pa sys/time.h Ac .