sleep(3)               C LIBRARY FUNCTIONS               sleep(3)



NAME
     sleep - suspend execution for interval

SYNOPSIS
     cc [ flag... ] file ... -lucb
     sleep(seconds)
     unsigned seconds;

DESCRIPTION
     sleep suspends the current process from  execution  for  the
     number  of  seconds  specified  by the argument.  The actual
     suspension time may  be  up  to  1  second  less  than  that
     requested, because scheduled wakeups occur at fixed 1-second
     intervals, and may be an arbitrary amount longer because  of
     other  activity in the system.  sleep is implemented by set-
     ting an interval timer and pausing until  it  expires.   The
     previous  state of this timer is saved and restored.  If the
     sleep time exceeds the time to the expiration of the  previ-
     ous  value  of  the timer, the process sleeps only until the
     timer would have expired, and the signal which  occurs  with
     the expiration of the timer is sent one second later.

SEE ALSO
     sigpause(3),  usleep(3)  getitimer(2)  in  the  Programmer's
     Reference Manual






























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