sleep — Sleep for the specified number of seconds
#include <unistd.h>
unsigned int sleep( |
unsigned int | seconds) ; |
sleep
() makes the calling
process sleep until seconds
seconds have elapsed or
a signal arrives which is not ignored.
sleep
() may be implemented
using SIGALRM
; mixing calls to
alarm(2) and sleep
() is a bad idea.
Using longjmp(3)
from a signal handler or modifying the handling of
SIGALRM
while sleeping will
cause undefined results.
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