USLEEP(3) BSD Library Functions Manual USLEEP(3)NAMEusleep — suspend execution for interval of microseconds
SYNOPSIS
#include <unistd.h>
void
usleep(u_int microseconds);
DESCRIPTION
The usleep() function suspends execution of the calling process for
microseconds of time. System activity or time spent in processing the
call may lengthen the sleep slightly.
If a timer is already running on the process its state is saved. If the
value microseconds is more than or equal to the remaining clock time for
the saved timer, the sleep time is set to the remaining clock time. The
state of the previous timer is restored after microseconds has passed.
This routine is implemented using setitimer(2); it requires eight system
calls each time it is invoked. A similar but less compatible function
can be obtained with a single select(2); such a function would not
restart after signals, but would not interfere with other uses of
setitimer.
SEE ALSOsetitimer(2), getitimer(2), sigpause(2), ualarm(3), sleep(3), alarm(3)HISTORY
The usleep() function appeared in 4.3BSD.
4.3 Berkeley Distribution June 4, 1993 4.3 Berkeley Distribution