Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 08:24:30 +0200
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> From: Leeoswald <leeoswald AT my-deja DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 01:24:48 GMT
> 
> I want to execute a sub-rotine from the main.
> But I want the sub-rotine runs during a limited time (some seconds)
> controled by the main(. It is possible? If yes, how?

You can set up a timer, before calling that function, so that it will
go off after a certain time.  If the handler for the SIGALRM signal is
in `main', you get what you want.

Read the docs of the library functions `alarm' and `setitimer', for
more details.