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sleep
Suspends program execution for an interval.
Syntax
unsigned long sleep (unsigned long seconds);
Parameters
seconds The number of seconds to suspend program execution.
Return Values
x The difference between the requested sleep time and the
actual sleep time.
Description
The current process is suspended from execution for the number of seconds
specified by the argument.
The suspension time can be longer than requested by an arbitrary amount
due to the scheduling of other activity in the system.
The seconds parameter must be less than 2,147,485.
The sleep function returns the difference of the requested sleep time and
the actual sleep time if the actual sleep time is less than the requested
sleep time.
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NOTE If linking with the POSIX/iX library, refer to the description of
sleep() located in the MPE/iX Developer's Kit Reference Manual.
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