Chapter 17 . Timers
In Chapter 15, "Signals," you were introduced to the alarm(3) function, which enables you to create and cancel a timer. This function provides a timer service that has its time resolution measured in seconds.
This chapter will begin with a hypothetical implementation of the sleep(2) function call. This will provide additional insight into why there is a conflict between the use of alarm(3) and sleep(2). Later you'll learn that the conflict may extend to other UNIX functions.
This chapter also will introduce you to
Fine-grained timers such as usleep(3) and nanosleep(2)
The interval timer functions
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