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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <fcntl.h> /* FASYNC */
+#ifdef USG /* FASYNC for SysV */
+#include <sys/file.h>
+#endif
+#include <sys/time.h> /* itimer */
+#include <sys/types.h> /* time_t */
+
+extern int errno;
+extern char *sys_errlist[], *malloc();
+extern time_t time();
+
+#define MAXEVENTS 256
+#define FS 1 /* field seperator for input */
+
+struct event {
+ char *token;
+ time_t reply_at;
+} *events[MAXEVENTS];
+
+int slot; /* The next open place in the events array */
+int mevent = 0; /* 1+ the highest event number */
+char *pname; /* programme name for error messages */
+
+/* Accepts a string of two fields seperated by a ';'
+ * First field is string for getdate, saying when to wake-up.
+ * Second field is a token to identify the request.
+ */
+struct event *
+schedule(str)
+ char *str;
+
+{
+ extern time_t getdate();
+ extern char *strcpy();
+ time_t now;
+ register char *p;
+ static struct event e;
+
+ for(p = str; *p && *p != FS; p++);
+ if (!*p) {
+ (void)fprintf(stderr, "%s: bad input format: %s", pname, str);
+ return((struct event *)NULL);
+ }
+ *p++ = 0;
+
+ if ((e.reply_at = getdate(str, NULL)) - time(&now) < 0) {
+ (void)fprintf(stderr, "%s: bad time spec: %s%c%s", pname, str, FS, p);
+ return((struct event *)NULL);
+ }
+
+ if ((e.token = malloc((unsigned)strlen(p) + 1)) == NULL) {
+ (void)fprintf(stderr, "%s: malloc %s: %s%c%s",
+ pname, sys_errlist[errno], str, FS, p);
+ return((struct event *)NULL);
+ }
+ (void)strcpy(e.token,p);
+
+ return(&e);
+}
+
+void
+notify()
+
+{
+ time_t now, tdiff;
+ register int i, newmax = 0;
+ /* I prefer using the interval timer rather than alarm(); the latter
+ could be substituted if portability requires it. */
+ struct itimerval itimer;
+
+ now = time((time_t *)NULL);
+ slot = mevent;
+ itimer.it_interval.tv_sec = itimer.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
+ itimer.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
+ itimer.it_value.tv_sec = -1;
+
+ for(i=0; i < mevent; i++) {
+ while (events[i] && events[i]->reply_at <= now) {
+ (void)fputs(events[i]->token, stdout);
+ free(events[i]->token);
+ free((char *)events[i]);
+ events[i] = 0;
+ }
+
+ if (events[i]) {
+ newmax = i+1;
+ if ((tdiff = events[i]->reply_at - now) < (time_t)itimer.it_value.tv_sec
+ || itimer.it_value.tv_sec < 0)
+ /* next timeout */
+ itimer.it_value.tv_sec = (long)tdiff;
+ } else {
+ /* Keep slot as the lowest unused events element */
+ if (i < slot) slot = i;
+ }
+ }
+ /* if the array is full to mevent, slot should be the next available spot */
+ if (slot > (mevent = newmax)) slot = mevent;
+ /* If there's no more events, SIGIO should be next wake-up */
+ if (mevent) (void)setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, &itimer, (struct itimerval *)NULL);
+}
+
+void
+getevent()
+
+{
+ extern char *memcpy(), *fgets();
+ struct event *ep;
+ char buf[256];
+
+ /* in principle the itimer should be disabled on entry to this function,
+ but it really doesn't make any important difference if it isn't */
+
+ if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin) == NULL) exit(0);
+
+ if (slot == MAXEVENTS)
+ (void)fprintf(stderr, "%s: too many events: %s", pname, buf);
+
+ else {
+ if ((events[slot] = (struct event *)malloc((sizeof(struct event))))
+ == NULL)
+ (void)fprintf(stderr,"%s: malloc %s: %s", pname, sys_errlist[errno],buf);
+
+ else {
+ if ((ep = schedule(buf)) == NULL)
+ free((char *)events[slot]), events[slot] = 0;
+
+ else {
+ (void)memcpy((char *)events[slot],(char *)ep,sizeof(struct event));
+ if (slot == mevent) mevent++;
+ } /* schedule */
+ } /* malloc */
+ } /* limit events */
+ /* timing, timing. Who knows what this interrupted, or if it said "now"? */
+ notify();
+}
+
+/*ARGSUSED*/
+int
+main(argc, argv)
+ int argc;
+ char **argv;
+
+{
+ for (pname = argv[0] + strlen(argv[0]); *pname != '/' && pname != argv[0];
+ pname--);
+ if (*pname == '/') pname++;
+
+ (void)signal(SIGIO, getevent);
+ (void)signal(SIGALRM, notify);
+ (void)fcntl(0, F_SETFL, FASYNC);
+
+ while (1) pause();
+}
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+;; Run a function with args at some time in future
+;; Copyright (C) 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+(defvar timer-process nil)
+(defvar timer-alist ())
+(defvar timer-out "")
+(defvar timer-dont-exit nil
+ ;; this is useful for functions which will be doing their own erratic
+ ;; rescheduling or people who otherwise expect to use the process frequently
+ "If non-nil, don't exit the timer process when no more events are pending.")
+
+(defun run-at-time (time repeat function &rest args)
+ "Run a function at a time, and optionally on a regular interval.
+Arguments are TIME, REPEAT, FUNCTION &rest ARGS.
+TIME, a string, can be specified absolutely or relative to now.
+REPEAT, an integer number of seconds, is the interval on which to repeat
+the call to the function."
+ (interactive "sRun at time: \nNRepeat interval: \naFunction: ")
+ (cond ((or (not timer-process)
+ (memq (process-status timer-process) '(exit signal nil)))
+ (if timer-process (delete-process timer-process))
+ (setq timer-process (start-process "timer" nil "timer")
+ timer-alist nil)
+ (set-process-filter timer-process 'timer-process-filter)
+ (set-process-sentinel timer-process 'timer-process-sentinel)
+ (process-kill-without-query timer-process))
+ ((eq (process-status timer-process) 'stop)
+ (continue-process timer-process)))
+ ;; There should be a living, breathing timer process now
+ (let ((token (concat (current-time-string) "-" (length timer-alist))))
+ (send-string timer-process (concat time "\001" token "\n"))
+ (setq timer-alist (cons (list token repeat function args) timer-alist))))
+
+(defun timer-process-filter (proc str)
+ (setq timer-out (concat timer-out str))
+ (let (do token error)
+ (while (string-match "\n" timer-out)
+ (setq token (substring timer-out 0 (match-beginning 0))
+ do (assoc token timer-alist)
+ timer-out (substring timer-out (match-end 0)))
+ (cond
+ (do (apply (nth 2 do) (nth 3 do)) ; do it
+ (if (natnump (nth 1 do)) ; reschedule it
+ (send-string proc (concat (nth 1 do) " sec\001" (car do) "\n"))
+ (setq timer-alist (delq do timer-alist))))
+ ((string-match "timer: \\([^:]+\\): \\([^\001]*\\)\001\\(.*\\)$" token)
+ (setq error (substring token (match-beginning 1) (match-end 1))
+ do (substring token (match-beginning 2) (match-end 2))
+ token (assoc (substring token (match-beginning 3) (match-end 3))
+ timer-alist)
+ timer-alist (delq token timer-alist))
+ (ding 'no-terminate) ; using error function in process filters is rude
+ (message "%s for %s; couldn't set at \"%s\"" error (nth 2 token) do))))
+ (or timer-alist timer-dont-exit (process-send-eof proc))))
+
+(defun timer-process-sentinel (proc str)
+ (let ((stat (process-status proc)))
+ (if (eq stat 'stop) (continue-process proc)
+ ;; if it exited normally, presumably it was intentional.
+ ;; if there were no pending events, who cares that it exited?
+ (if (or (not timer-alist) (eq stat 'exit)) ()
+ (ding 'no-terminate)
+ (message "Timer exited abnormally. All events cancelled."))
+ (setq timer-process nil timer-alist nil timer-scratch ""))))
+
+(defun cancel-timer (function)
+ "Cancel all events scheduled by ``run-at-time'' which would run FUNCTION."
+ (interactive "aCancel function: ")
+ (let ((alist timer-alist))
+ (while alist
+ (if (eq (nth 2 (car alist)) function)
+ (setq timer-alist (delq (car alist) timer-alist)))
+ (setq alist (cdr alist))))
+ (or timer-alist timer-dont-exit (process-send-eof timer-process)))
+
+(provide 'timer)