SGINAP(2)                                               SGINAP(2)



     NAME
          sginap - timed sleep and processor yield function

     SYNOPSIS
          void sginap (ticks)
          long ticks;

     DESCRIPTION
          The sginap system call provides two functions.  With an
          argument of 0, it yields the processor to any higher or
          equal priority processes immediately, thus potentially
          allowing another process to run.  Note that because the user
          has no direct control over the exact priority of a given
          process, this does not guarantee that another process will
          run.

          With an argument which is non-zero, sginap will suspend the
          process for ticks clock ticks.  The length of a clock tick
          is defined by HZ in the include file <sys/param.h> and is
          different for different IRIS-4D products.

     SEE ALSO
          sleep(3), alarm(2), pause(2)

     ORIGIN
          Silicon Graphics, Inc.





























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