sleep(3C-ucb)           (BSD Compatibility Package)           sleep(3C-ucb)

NAME
     sleep - suspend execution for interval

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/ucb/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 setting 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 previous
     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(3C).






























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