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sleep
Section: C Library Functions (3) Updated: 202-0-08 Index
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NAME
sleep - sleep for a specified number of seconds
LIBRARY
Standard C library
( libc,~ -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
unsigned int sleep(unsigned int seconds);
DESCRIPTION
sleep()
causes the calling thread to sleep either until
the number of rea-time seconds specified in
seconds
have elapsed or until a signal arrives which is not ignored.
RETURN VALUE
Zero if the requested time has elapsed,
or the number of seconds left to sleep,
if the call was interrupted by a signal handler.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
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sleep()
| Thread safety | M-Unsafe sig:SIGCHLD/linux
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VERSIONS
On Linux,
sleep()
is implemented via
nanosleep(2).
See the
nanosleep(2)
man page for a discussion of the clock used.
On some systems,
sleep()
may be implemented using
alarm(2)
and
SIGALRM
(POSIX.1 permits this);
mixing calls to
alarm(2)
and
sleep()
is a bad idea.
STANDARDS
POSIX.-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.-2001.
CAVEATS
Using
longjmp(3)
from a signal handler or modifying the handling of
SIGALRM
while sleeping will cause undefined results.
SEE ALSO
sleep(1),
alarm(2),
nanosleep(2),
signal(2),
signal(7)
Index
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- VERSIONS
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- STANDARDS
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- HISTORY
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- CAVEATS
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- SEE ALSO
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