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From: james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Can Unix sleep in terms of mili/micro?
Message-ID: <84@dlss2.UUCP>
Date: 11 Sep 90 12:11:17 GMT
References: <24437@adm.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: james@dlss2.UUCP (James Cummings)
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Organization: RedRock Development
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In article <24437@adm.BRL.MIL> TAYBENGH%NUSDISCS.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu writes:
>
>        Can Unix sleep in terms of mili or mirco second? I am aware that
>sleep() can only sleep in terms of second. Please specify the Unix Dialect
>when u reply. Thanks.

	How 'bout:

main()
{
	sleep_less_than_sec(25);
	exit(0);
}

sleep_less_than_sec(x)
int x;
{
	int i;

	for (i = 0;i <= x;i++)
		;
}

	I'd think that would give you approx. 25 clock cycles, dependent on
the machine, the load on the machine, etc.

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