NAME

       itimerspec - interval for a timer with nanosecond precision

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <time.h>

       struct itimerspec {
           struct timespec  it_interval;  /* Interval for periodic timer */
           struct timespec  it_value;     /* Initial expiration */
       };

DESCRIPTION

       Describes the initial expiration of a timer, and its interval, in seconds and nanoseconds.

STANDARDS

       POSIX.1-2008.

HISTORY

       POSIX.1-2001.

SEE ALSO

       timerfd_create(2), timer_settime(2), timespec(3type)