USLEEP
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: Red Hat, Inc
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NAME
usleep - sleep some number of microseconds
SYNOPSIS
usleep
[
number]
DESCRIPTION
usleep
sleeps some number of microseconds. The default is 1.
WARNING
usleep
has been deprecated, and will be removed in near future. Use
sleep(1) instead.
OPTIONS
--usage
Show short usage message.
- --help, -?
-
Print help information.
- -v, --version
-
Print version information.
BUGS
Probably not accurate on many machines down to the microsecond. Count
on precision only to -4 or maybe -5.
AUTHOR
Donald Barnes <
djb@redhat.com>
Erik Troan <
ewt@redhat.com>
SEE ALSO
sleep(1)