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I supposed that system calls such gets(), getc() should be interrupted by SIGALRM. And it seems to be true under Unixware 2.01, but it doesn't work under Linux. Why? What should I use to implement timed read?
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I supposed that system calls such gets(), getc() should be interrupted by SIGALRM. And it seems to be true under Unixware 2.01, but it doesn't work under Linux. Why? What should I use to implement timed read?

SIGALRM doesn't interrupt gets()?

Kernel and system programming is the process of creating the software necessary for a computer or device to function and operate other programs. Some operating systems (such as Microsoft Windows) are proprietary, but others, such as the various Linux distributions, are open source.