1/* Signal Handlers that Return
2 Copyright (C) 1991-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
6 as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
7 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
8
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
13
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
16*/
17
18#include <signal.h>
19#include <stdio.h>
20#include <stdlib.h>
21
22/* This flag controls termination of the main loop. */
23volatile sig_atomic_t keep_going = 1;
24
25/* The signal handler just clears the flag and re-enables itself. */
26void
27catch_alarm (int sig)
28{
29 keep_going = 0;
30 signal (sig: sig, handler: catch_alarm);
31}
32
33void
34do_stuff (void)
35{
36 puts (s: "Doing stuff while waiting for alarm....");
37}
38
39int
40main (void)
41{
42 /* Establish a handler for SIGALRM signals. */
43 signal (SIGALRM, handler: catch_alarm);
44
45 /* Set an alarm to go off in a little while. */
46 alarm (2);
47
48 /* Check the flag once in a while to see when to quit. */
49 while (keep_going)
50 do_stuff ();
51
52 return EXIT_SUCCESS;
53}
54

source code of glibc/manual/examples/sigh1.c