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Thread Author: Crankcase Replies: 24
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 Mon 27 Sep 10 23:28 
 Head count - see or hear? - Kevin
Sorry Martin.

A watchdog timer is something that interrupts you at pre-determined intervals if you don't acknowledge it's presence.

A SIGALRM means that you've just run out of time and received an elbow in the ribs.

yes_dear() is what you immediately jump to do to try and placate the watchdog timer.

You can then try to snooze for a while ;-)

Kevin...
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 Head count - see or hear?  Crankcase 27 Sep 10 22:28
 Head count - see or hear?  Kevin 27 Sep 10 22:50
 Head count - see or hear?  MD 27 Sep 10 22:56
 Head count - see or hear?  Kevin 27 Sep 10 23:28
 Head count - see or hear?  Dog 28 Sep 10 08:30
 Head count - see or hear?  Pat 28 Sep 10 08:32
 Head count - see or hear?  Dog 28 Sep 10 09:00
 Head count - see or hear?  Iffy 28 Sep 10 09:10
 Head count - see or hear?  Dog 28 Sep 10 09:21
 Head count - see or hear?  Bagpuss 28 Sep 10 13:10
 Head count - see or hear?  Fenlander 28 Sep 10 10:09
 Head count - see or hear?  Dog 28 Sep 10 10:21
 Head count - see or hear?  Pat 28 Sep 10 11:52
 Head count - see or hear?  Dog 28 Sep 10 12:02
 Head count - see or hear?  Tooslow 28 Sep 10 12:50
 Head count - see or hear?  AnotherJohnH 28 Sep 10 13:31
 Head count - see or hear?  Dog 28 Sep 10 14:24
 Head count - see or hear?  Cliff Pope 28 Sep 10 13:04
 Head count - see or hear?  Mapmaker 28 Sep 10 15:55
 Head count - see or hear?  Cliff Pope 29 Sep 10 08:37
 Head count - see or hear?  BiggerBadderDave 29 Sep 10 08:50
 Head count - see or hear?  Pat 29 Sep 10 09:01
 Head count - see or hear?  sherlock47 29 Sep 10 09:09
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