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From: alex@rruxc.UUCP (A DeSimone)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: need help sleeping
Message-ID: <109@rruxc.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 11:16:59 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 27 11:16:59 1985
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Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ
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<<chomp, chomp, chomp>>

Does anyone know of a way to put a process to sleep *reliably* for less
than one second?  sleep(3) and alarm(2) won't help cause they work in whole
seconds.  I don't want to just "waste time" via an idiot loop - I really want
to put the process to sleep (it gets tired and could use the rest) but for
only half a second or so.  I've heard rumors of a nap() function (perhaps on
4.xBSD?) but, alas, I'm running UN*X System V and there ain't no such animal.

If anyone has any insight on this, please reply via UN*X mail.  I'll post
any useful info.  Thanks in advance.

->"So it goes."
->Alex DeSimone, Amala Consultants Inc. @ Bell Communications Research
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