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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Programmable idling...
Message-ID: <1989Nov9.161749.11463@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 9 Nov 89 16:17:49 GMT
References: <89312.165038SML108@PSUVM.BITNET>
Reply-To: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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In article <89312.165038SML108@PSUVM.BITNET> SML108@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>Is there a way under System V unix to make a program idle until an interrupt
>condition is generated ? 

pause(2)
sleep(3)
read(2)
wait(2)
might all be appropriate under certain conditions.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us