nap man page on Xenix

Man page or keyword search:  
man Server   1130 pages
apropos Keyword Search (all sections)
Output format
Xenix logo
[printable version]



     NAP(S)		      XENIX System V			NAP(S)

     Name
	  nap - Suspends execution for a short interval.

     Syntax
	  long nap(period)
	  long period;

     Description
	  The current process is suspended from execution for at least
	  the number of milliseconds specified by period, or until a
	  signal is received.

     Return Value
	  On successful completion, a long integer indicating the
	  number of milliseconds actually slept is returned. If the
	  process recieved a signal while napping, the return value
	  will be -1, and errno will be set to EINTR.

     See Also
	  sleep(S)

     Notes
	  This function is driven by the system clock, which in most
	  cases has a granularity of tens of milliseconds.  This
	  function must be linked with the linker option -lx.

     Page 1					      (printed 8/7/87)

[top]
                             _         _         _ 
                            | |       | |       | |     
                            | |       | |       | |     
                         __ | | __ __ | | __ __ | | __  
                         \ \| |/ / \ \| |/ / \ \| |/ /  
                          \ \ / /   \ \ / /   \ \ / /   
                           \   /     \   /     \   /    
                            \_/       \_/       \_/ 
More information is available in HTML format for server Xenix

List of man pages available for Xenix

Copyright (c) for man pages and the logo by the respective OS vendor.

For those who want to learn more, the polarhome community provides shell access and support.

[legal] [privacy] [GNU] [policy] [cookies] [netiquette] [sponsors] [FAQ]
Tweet
Polarhome, production since 1999.
Member of Polarhome portal.
Based on Fawad Halim's script.
....................................................................
Vote for polarhome
Free Shell Accounts :: the biggest list on the net