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mktimer(3C)							   mktimer(3C)

NAME
       mktimer - allocate a per-process timer

SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
       The  function  is used to allocate a per-process timer using the speci‐
       fied system-wide clock as the timing base.  returns an unique timer  ID
       of  type	 used  to  identify  the  timer	 in  timer  requests (see get‐
       timer(3C)).  specifies the system-wide clock to be used as  the	timing
       base  for  the new timer.  specifies the mechanism by which the process
       is to be notified when the timer expires.

       supports one per-process timer with a of and of

       If is the system causes a signal to be sent to the process whenever the
       timer expires.

       For  the	 machine-dependent  clock resolution and maximum value are and
       seconds, respectively.  These constants are defined in

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, returns  a  which  can  be  passed  to  the
       per_process  timer calls.  If unsuccessful, returns a value of and sets
       to indicate the error.

ERRORS
       fails if any of the following conditions are encountered:

	      [EAGAIN]	  The calling process has already allocated all of the
			  timers it is allowed.

	      [EINVAL]	  is  not  defined,  or	 does  not allow the specified
			  notification mechanism.

FILES
       SEE ALSO
	      timers(2),  getclock(3C),	  gettimer(3C),	  reltimer(3C),
	      rmtimer(3C), setclock(3C), thread_safety(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
								   mktimer(3C)

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