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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/sleep.3 b/lib/libc/gen/sleep.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e59aad5 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/sleep.3 @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)sleep.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd Feb 13, 1998 +.Dt SLEEP 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm sleep +.Nd suspend process execution for an interval measured in seconds +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <unistd.h> +.Ft unsigned int +.Fn sleep "unsigned int seconds" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn sleep +function suspends execution of the calling process until either +.Fa seconds +seconds have elapsed or a signal is delivered to the process and its +action is to invoke a signal-catching function or to terminate the +process. +System activity may lengthen the sleep by an indeterminate amount. +.Pp +This function is implemented using +.Xr nanosleep 2 +by pausing for +.Fa seconds +seconds or until a signal occurs. +Consequently, in this implementation, +sleeping has no effect on the state of process timers, +and there is no special handling for SIGALRM. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If the +.Fn sleep +function returns because the requested time has elapsed, the value +returned will be zero. If the +.Fn sleep +function returns due to the delivery of a signal, the value returned +will be the unslept amount (the requested time minus the time actually +slept) in seconds. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr nanosleep 2 , +.Xr usleep 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn sleep +function conforms to +.St -p1003.1-90 . +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Fn sleep +function appeared in +.At v7 . |