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  4. aaaallllaaaarrrrmmmm((((2222))))                                                              aaaallllaaaarrrrmmmm((((2222))))
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  8. NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
  9.      _aaaa_llll_aaaa_rrrr_mmmm - set a process alarm clock
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  11. SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
  12.      _####_iiii_nnnn_cccc_llll_uuuu_dddd_eeee _<<<<_uuuu_nnnn_iiii_ssss_tttt_dddd_...._hhhh_>>>>
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  14.      _uuuu_nnnn_ssss_iiii_gggg_nnnn_eeee_dddd _aaaa_llll_aaaa_rrrr_mmmm_((((_uuuu_nnnn_ssss_iiii_gggg_nnnn_eeee_dddd _ssss_eeee_cccc_))))_;;;;
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  16. DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
  17.      _aaaa_llll_aaaa_rrrr_mmmm instructs the alarm clock of the calling process to send the signal
  18.      _SSSS_IIII_GGGG_AAAA_LLLL_RRRR_MMMM to the calling process after the number of real time seconds
  19.      specified by _s_e_c have elapsed [see _ssss_iiii_gggg_nnnn_aaaa_llll(2)].
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  21.      Alarm requests are not stacked; successive calls reset the alarm clock of
  22.      the calling process.
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  24.      If _s_e_c is 0, any previously made alarm request is canceled.
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  26.      _ffff_oooo_rrrr_kkkk sets the alarm clock of a new process to 0 [see _ffff_oooo_rrrr_kkkk(2)].  A process
  27.      created by the exec family of routines inherits the time left on the old
  28.      process's alarm clock.
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  30. SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
  31.      _ffff_oooo_rrrr_kkkk(2), _eeee_xxxx_eeee_cccc(2), _pppp_aaaa_uuuu_ssss_eeee(2), _ssss_iiii_gggg_nnnn_aaaa_llll(2), _ssss_iiii_gggg_ssss_eeee_tttt(2).
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  33. DDDDIIIIAAAAGGGGNNNNOOOOSSSSTTTTIIIICCCCSSSS
  34.      _aaaa_llll_aaaa_rrrr_mmmm returns the amount of time previously remaining in the alarm clock
  35.      of the calling process.
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  37. BBBBUUUUGGGGSSSS
  38.      _a_l_a_r_m calls reset the itimer clock of the calling process.
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  63.                                                                         PPPPaaaaggggeeee 1111
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