the previous text was absurd, and wrong

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Adam David 1996-07-19 13:07:42 +00:00
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@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ waits a count of
.Ar seconds
before asserting the terminating signal
.Dv SIGALRM .
When the signal has successfully been caught,
.Fn alarm
returns the amount of time left on the clock.
returns the amount of time unexpired
from any previously pending alarm.
The maximum number of
.Ar seconds
allowed