.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991 Regents of the University of California.
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.Nd suspend process execution for interval of seconds
.Fn sleep "u_int seconds"
suspends execution of the calling process
System activity or time spent in processing the
call may lengthen the sleep by a second.
If a timer is already running on the process its state is saved.
is more than or equal to the remaining clock time for the saved timer,
the remaining clock time.
The state of the previous timer
This function is implemented using
it requires eight system calls each time it is invoked.
A similar but less compatible function can be obtained with a single
such a function would not restart after signals, but would not interfere