sleep(3f)

Name
sleep - suspends execution for an interval

Syntax
integer itime
external sleep
call sleep ( itime )

Description
The sleep subroutine causes the calling process to be suspended for itime seconds. The actual time can be up to 1 second less than itime due to granularity in system timekeeping.

Restrictions
The sleep and alarm functions interact. If sleep is called after alarm, the alarm process is never called. The signal SIGALRM occurs at the lesser of the remaining sleep time or alarm time.

Files
libU77.a

See Also
sleep(3), alarm(3f), signal(3f)