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Timer Manager
#############

Introduction
============

The timer manager is ...

The services provided by the timer manager are:

- ``timer_create`` - Create a Per-Process Timer

- ``timer_delete`` - Delete a Per-Process Timer

- ``timer_settime`` - Set Next Timer Expiration

- ``timer_gettime`` - Get Time Remaining on Timer

- ``timer_getoverrun`` - Get Timer Overrun Count

Background
==========

Operations
==========

System Calls
============

This section details the timer manager's services.
A subsection is dedicated to each of this manager's services
and describes the calling sequence, related constants, usage,
and status codes.

.. COMMENT: timer_create

timer_create - Create a Per-Process Timer
-----------------------------------------

**CALLING SEQUENCE:**

.. code:: c

    #include <time.h>
    #include <signal.h>
    int timer_create(
    clockid_t        clock_id,
    struct sigevent \*evp,
    timer_t         \*timerid
    );

**STATUS CODES:**

``EXXX`` -

**DESCRIPTION:**

**NOTES:**

.. COMMENT: timer_delete

timer_delete - Delete a Per-Process Timer
-----------------------------------------

**CALLING SEQUENCE:**

.. code:: c

    #include <time.h>
    int timer_delete(
    timer_t timerid
    );

**STATUS CODES:**

``EXXX`` -

**DESCRIPTION:**

**NOTES:**

.. COMMENT: timer_settime

timer_settime - Set Next Timer Expiration
-----------------------------------------

**CALLING SEQUENCE:**

.. code:: c

    #include <time.h>
    int timer_settime(
    timer_t                  timerid,
    int                      flags,
    const struct itimerspec \*value,
    struct itimerspec       \*ovalue
    );

**STATUS CODES:**

``EXXX`` -

**DESCRIPTION:**

**NOTES:**

.. COMMENT: timer_gettime

timer_gettime - Get Time Remaining on Timer
-------------------------------------------

**CALLING SEQUENCE:**

.. code:: c

    #include <time.h>
    int timer_gettime(
    timer_t            timerid,
    struct itimerspec \*value
    );

**STATUS CODES:**

``EXXX`` -

**DESCRIPTION:**

**NOTES:**

.. COMMENT: timer_getoverrun

timer_getoverrun - Get Timer Overrun Count
------------------------------------------

**CALLING SEQUENCE:**

.. code:: c

    #include <time.h>
    int timer_getoverrun(
    timer_t   timerid
    );

**STATUS CODES:**

``EXXX`` -

**DESCRIPTION:**

**NOTES:**

.. COMMENT: COPYRIGHT(c) 1988-2002.

.. COMMENT: On-Line Applications Research Corporation(OAR).

.. COMMENT: All rights reserved.