usleep(1) [plan9 man page]
USLEEP(1) The SuSE boot concept USLEEP(1) NAME
Usleep - sleep for the specified number of microseconds SYNOPSIS
usleep [ usec ] DESCRIPTION
usleep pauses for the number of usec microseconds. The default is 1 microsecond. If 0 microseconds are specified sched_yield(2) is called. BUGS
The usleep program uses the usleep(3) function and therefore shows the same weaknesses by any system activity. SEE ALSO
usleep(3), sleep(1), sleep(3), sched_yield(2). COPYRIGHT
2001 Werner Fink, 2001 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany. AUTHOR
Werner Fink <werner@suse.de> 3rd Berkeley Distribution Jan 31, 2001 USLEEP(1)
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USLEEP(3) BSD Library Functions Manual USLEEP(3) NAME
usleep -- suspend process execution for an interval measured in microseconds LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h> int usleep(useconds_t microseconds); DESCRIPTION
The usleep() function suspends execution of the calling process until either microseconds microseconds have elapsed or a signal is delivered to the process and its action is to invoke a signal-catching function or to terminate the process. System activity may lengthen the sleep by an indeterminate amount. This function is implemented using nanosleep(2) by pausing for microseconds microseconds or until a signal occurs. Consequently, in this implementation, sleeping has no effect on the state of process timers, and there is no special handling for SIGALRM. RETURN VALUES
The usleep() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate the error. ERRORS
The usleep() function will fail if: [EINTR] A signal was delivered to the process and its action was to invoke a signal-catching function. SEE ALSO
nanosleep(2), sleep(3) HISTORY
The usleep() function appeared in 4.3BSD. BSD
February 13, 1998 BSD