NAME

sleep − suspend execution for an interval

SYNOPSIS

­sleep ­time

DESCRIPTION

­Sleep suspends execution for ­time seconds. 

EXAMPLES

Execute a command 100 seconds hence. 

{sleep 100; command}&

Repeat a command every 30 seconds. 

while (){
command
sleep 30
}

SOURCE

­/sys/src/cmd/sleep.c

SEE ALSO

sleep(2)

Plan 9  —  December 11, 1999