usr/man/cat1/sleep.0



SLEEP(1)            UNIX Programmer's Manual             SLEEP(1)


N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
     sleep - suspend execution for an interval

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
     s\bsl\ble\bee\bep\bp time

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
     _\bS_\bl_\be_\be_\bp suspends execution for _\bt_\bi_\bm_\be seconds.  It is used to
     execute a command after a certain amount of time as in:

          (sleep 105; command)&

     or to execute a command every so often, as in:

          while true
          do
               command
               sleep 37
          done

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
     setitimer(2), alarm(3C), sleep(3)

B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
     _\bT_\bi_\bm_\be must be less than 2,147,483,647 seconds.


Printed 7/9/88           April 29, 1985                         1