SIGALRM available?

[Guillaume Marcais]

Is SIGALRM (on Linux) available for a Ruby app to redefine, or is it
used internally by Ruby (or some very often used libraries)?

Guillaume.

 

[Yukihiro Matsumoto]

Hi,

In message "Re: SIGALRM available?"

|Is SIGALRM (on Linux) available for a Ruby app to redefine, or is it
|used internally by Ruby (or some very often used libraries)?

You can use SIGALRM. SIGVTALRM is reserved for threads.

matz.

 

[Guillaume Marcais]

Hi,

In message "Re: SIGALRM available?"

|Is SIGALRM (on Linux) available for a Ruby app to redefine, or is it
|used internally by Ruby (or some very often used libraries)?

You can use SIGALRM. SIGVTALRM is reserved for threads.

Great, thanks.

Guillaume.