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napms

napms(3XCURSES) 					  X/Open Curses Library Functions					   napms(3XCURSES)

NAME

       napms - sleep process for a specified length of time

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag... ] file... -I /usr/xpg4/include -L /usr/xpg4/lib 
       -R /usr/xpg4/lib -lcurses [ library... ]

       c89 [ flag... ] file... -lcurses [ library... ]

       #include <curses.h>

       int napms(int ms);

PARAMETERS

       ms		       Is the number of milliseconds to sleep.

DESCRIPTION

       The napms() function sleeps for at least ms milliseconds.

RETURN VALUES

       The napms() function always returns OK.

ERRORS

       None.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       delay_output(3XCURSES), libcurses(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10							    5 Jun 2002							   napms(3XCURSES)