Timers in C

[mukarj]

Hello
I am trying to write an app in which after a file is created, it must be moved out in 10 mins. ie if after 10 mins I find the file still open and present then I do something.
My problem is in being able to measure these 10 mins . Is there any sort of a timer in C, such that I can start it when I create the file and stop/reset it when I move it. If it reaches 10 mins then I go to the handler and write some code to handle it.

Ie i need some timer event in C.

thanks

[gerard4143]

Not really sure what you want to do but you could try alarm();

[mukarj]

alarm only works on single threads.

I have a single threaded app and I have multiple files that I open at different times, every 5 mins I move the files to another directory and create another new one in its place.
So If I see that a file has been here for more than 10 mins I want to handle it differently.

[gerard4143]

Try the stat() function it will give you all kinds of file info like creation time

[mukarj]

I know, but how do I do this every 10 mins ?