+static void
+setup_progress_printing_timer (void)
+{
+ struct sigaction action;
+ struct itimerval timerval;
+
+ /* Setup our handler for SIGALRM */
+ memset (&action, 0, sizeof (struct sigaction));
+ action.sa_handler = handle_sigalrm;
+ sigemptyset (&action.sa_mask);
+ action.sa_flags = SA_RESTART;
+ sigaction (SIGALRM, &action, NULL);
+
+ /* Then start a timer to send SIGALRM once per second. */
+ timerval.it_interval.tv_sec = 1;
+ timerval.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
+ timerval.it_value.tv_sec = 1;
+ timerval.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
+ setitimer (ITIMER_REAL, &timerval, NULL);
+}
+
+static void
+stop_progress_printing_timer (void)
+{
+ struct sigaction action;
+ struct itimerval timerval;
+
+ /* Now stop the timer. */
+ timerval.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
+ timerval.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
+ timerval.it_value.tv_sec = 0;
+ timerval.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
+ setitimer (ITIMER_REAL, &timerval, NULL);
+
+ /* And disable the signal handler. */
+ action.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+ sigaction (SIGALRM, &action, NULL);
+}
+
+