tcl.useralarm

Verb: Access/TCL, Releases: AP/Unix

Alarm handler.

Description

is an alarm handler used by the 'trap' command when a task is scheduled to be executed at a given time. When the alarm goes off, it scans the item 'dm,alarm.file, username' to find what to do next. This command is not normally executed at TCL.

See Also

Command Name Type Description
tcl.trap Verb: Access Maintains %msignals% item in dm account.
basic.%alarm C Function Sends SIGALRM to calling process after given delay.

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