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| author | Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com> | 2022-08-01 22:28:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com> | 2022-08-01 22:28:49 +0200 |
| commit | 5a04ab888c69fc441aa0e882ad34eb5b62faaf5f (patch) | |
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timer_settime.2, timerfd_create.2, itimerspec.3type: Document itimerspec in a new page
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/timer_settime.2 | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/timerfd_create.2 | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man3type/itimerspec.3type | 33 |
3 files changed, 37 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/man2/timer_settime.2 b/man2/timer_settime.2 index 724f90a57e..0ebe82795d 100644 --- a/man2/timer_settime.2 +++ b/man2/timer_settime.2 @@ -42,16 +42,8 @@ structure that specifies the new initial value and the new interval for the timer. The .I itimerspec -structure is defined as follows: -.PP -.in +4n -.EX -struct itimerspec { - struct timespec it_interval; /* Timer interval */ - struct timespec it_value; /* Initial expiration */ -}; -.EE -.in +structure is described in +.BR itimerspec (3type). .PP Each of the substructures of the .I itimerspec diff --git a/man2/timerfd_create.2 b/man2/timerfd_create.2 index 38c7bbfe39..822f140f2a 100644 --- a/man2/timerfd_create.2 +++ b/man2/timerfd_create.2 @@ -140,19 +140,8 @@ The argument specifies the initial expiration and interval for the timer. The .I itimerspec -structure used for this argument contains two fields, -each of which is in turn a -.BR timespec (3) -structure: -.PP -.in +4n -.EX -struct itimerspec { - struct timespec it_interval; /* Interval for periodic timer */ - struct timespec it_value; /* Initial expiration */ -}; -.EE -.in +structure used for this argument is described in +.BR itimerspec (3type). .PP .I new_value.it_value specifies the initial expiration of the timer, diff --git a/man3type/itimerspec.3type b/man3type/itimerspec.3type new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4ededad523 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3type/itimerspec.3type @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2022 by Alejandro Colomar <colomar.6.4.3@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.\" +.TH itimerspec 3type 2022-08-01 Linux "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +timespec \- interval for a timer with nanosecond precission +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <time.h> +.PP +.B struct itimerspec { +.BR " struct timespec it_interval;" " /* Interval for periodic timer */" +.BR " struct timespec it_value;" " /* Initial expiration */" +.B }; +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +Describes the initial expiration of a timer, +and its interval, +in seconds and nanoseconds. +.SH STANDARDS +Linux-specific. +.SH NOTES +The following header also provides this type: +.IR <sys/timerfd.h> . +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR timerfd_create (2), +.BR timer_settime (2), +.BR timespec (3type) |