Unix Signals/alarm question

[glwong]

I am writing a program which uses UNIX timers and signals. My program also implements third party software which has it's own signal handler. When my timer expires and sends a SIGALRM signal it goes to the third party software's signal handler instead of my own. The third party's signal handler only handles SIGALRM. I have to use the alarm() function, is it possible for my timer to send a signal other than a SIGALRM so that my signal handler will recieive the signal?

Thanks,
Greg

 

[Kenrae]

A possible workaround would be to start a different process, then this process would do a sleep() and after that a kill() to your original process using whatever signal you need.