The sleep statement places a process to sleep for a specific number of seconds, or, until a specific time.
Syntax
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sleep {num.exp} sleep {"time.exp"} |
Synonym(s)
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rqm |
Parameter(s)
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num.exp |
Time to sleep in seconds. |
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"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.
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sleep 3600 |
This puts the process to sleep, leaving a wakeup call for 8:00 AM.
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until.wakeup.time = "08:00" sleep until.wakeup.time |
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