#!/usr/bin/env python # encoding: utf-8 # # Copyright (c) 2008 Doug Hellmann All rights reserved. # """ """ __version__ = "$Id$" #end_pymotw_header import signal import time def receive_alarm(signum, stack): print 'Alarm :', time.ctime() # Call receive_alarm in 2 seconds signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, receive_alarm) signal.alarm(2) print 'Before:', time.ctime() time.sleep(4) print 'After :', time.ctime()