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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 sleep Context: slangrtl

Synopsis

Pause for a specified number of seconds

Syntax

sleep (Double_Type n)

Description

The sleep function delays the current process for the specified number of seconds. If it is interrupted by a signal, it will return prematurely.

Not all system support sleeping for a fractional part of a second.

Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter
Last modified: December 2006



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