itimerspec - interval for a timer with nanosecond precision

NAME  LIBRARY  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  STANDARDS  HISTORY  SEE ALSO 

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NAME

itimerspec − interval for a timer with nanosecond precision

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <time.h>

struct itimerspec {
struct timespec it_interval; /* Interval for periodic timer */
struct timespec it_value; /* Initial expiration */
};

DESCRIPTION

Describes the initial expiration of a timer, and its interval, in seconds and nanoseconds.

STANDARDS

POSIX.1-2024.

HISTORY

POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO

timerfd_create(2), timer_settime(2), timespec(3type)

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