disable an active itimer
<p>I'm using the <code>setitimer</code> function in order to set an <code>ITIMER_VIRTUAL</code> timer, using a pointer to some <code>struct itimerval</code>. this is a virtual timer (runs only when the process has control) and sends a <code>SIGVTALRM</code> signal the moment it  reaches zero.
My question is - after calling <code>setitimer</code>, is there any way to disable an active timer, so this signal would not go off when the timer finishes? or is the only way to ignore it now would be setting a SIGNAL MASK ordering the program to ignore this signal?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>
