NAME

sleep − suspend execution for interval

SYNOPSIS

sleep(seconds)
unsigned seconds;

DESCRIPTION

The current process is suspended 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 an arbitrary amount longer because of other activity in the system. 

SEE ALSO

setitimer(2), sigpause(2), usleep(3)

4th Berkeley Distribution  —  May 12, 1986