ctimer

Creating a timer in C

How do I create a timer? A timer like the one in Visual Basic; you set an interval, if the timer is enabled, it waits until the time is up.

I don't want to use an existing library, because I want to know how it works.

So... How do timers work and what would be an example of code to create my own? - if it's not too advanced.

I want to create one for a Linux system.

Solution

  • You can do that

    #include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main() {
    printf("wait\n");
    sleep(3);
    printf("time elapsed\n");
    return 0;
}