sleep statement

The sleep statement places a process to sleep for a specific number of seconds, or, until a specific time.

Syntax

sleep {num.exp}
sleep {"time.exp"}

Synonym(s)

rqm

Parameter(s)

`num.exp`	Time to sleep in seconds.
`time.exp`	Time to sleep in military time format (hh:mm:ss).

Description

If no argument is included, the process sleeps for one second. rqm and sleep are identical.

The specification of fractional seconds in the numeric expression is allowed. Also, a numeric expression of 0 causes the process to relinquish its time slice.

Example(s)

This puts the process to sleep for one hour.

sleep 3600

This puts the process to sleep, leaving a wakeup call for 8:00 AM.

until.wakeup.time = "08:00"
sleep until.wakeup.time