Linux / Unix Command: sleep

Command Library

NAME

sleep - Sleep for the specified number of seconds  

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

unsigned int sleep(unsigned int seconds);

 

DESCRIPTION

sleep() makes the current process sleep until seconds seconds have elapsed or a signal arrives which is not ignored.  

RETURN VALUE

Zero if the requested time has elapsed, or the number of seconds left to sleep.  

CONFORMING TO

POSIX.1  

SEE ALSO

signal(2), alarm(2)

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