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| 1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994 3.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 6.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 7.\" 8.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without --- 16 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)sleep.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 | 1.\"- 2.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993, 1994 3.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by 6.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 7.\" 8.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without --- 16 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)sleep.1 8.3 (Berkeley) 4/18/94 |
| 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/bin/sleep/sleep.1 139969 2005-01-10 08:39:26Z imp $ | 33.\" $FreeBSD: head/bin/sleep/sleep.1 140353 2005-01-16 16:41:59Z ru $ |
| 34.\" 35.Dd April 18, 1994 36.Dt SLEEP 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm sleep 40.Nd suspend execution for an interval of time 41.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 19 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 61command will accept and honor a non-integer number of specified seconds 62(with a 63.Ql .\& 64character as a decimal point). 65.Bf Sy 66This is a non-portable extension, and its use will nearly guarantee that 67a shell script will not execute properly on another system. 68.Ef | 34.\" 35.Dd April 18, 1994 36.Dt SLEEP 1 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm sleep 40.Nd suspend execution for an interval of time 41.Sh SYNOPSIS --- 19 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 61command will accept and honor a non-integer number of specified seconds 62(with a 63.Ql .\& 64character as a decimal point). 65.Bf Sy 66This is a non-portable extension, and its use will nearly guarantee that 67a shell script will not execute properly on another system. 68.Ef |
| 69.Sh EXIT STATUS 70.Ex -std |
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| 69.Sh EXAMPLES 70To schedule the execution of a command for 71.Va x 72number seconds later (with 73.Xr csh 1 ) : 74.Pp 75.Dl (sleep 1800; sh command_file >& errors)& 76.Pp --- 24 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 101running is taking longer than expected to process a series of 102files, and it would be nice to have 103another program start processing the files created by the first 104program as soon as it is finished (when zzz.rawdata is created). 105The script checks every five minutes for the file zzz.rawdata, 106when the file is found, then another portion processing 107is done courteously by sleeping for 70 seconds in between each 108awk job. | 71.Sh EXAMPLES 72To schedule the execution of a command for 73.Va x 74number seconds later (with 75.Xr csh 1 ) : 76.Pp 77.Dl (sleep 1800; sh command_file >& errors)& 78.Pp --- 24 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 103running is taking longer than expected to process a series of 104files, and it would be nice to have 105another program start processing the files created by the first 106program as soon as it is finished (when zzz.rawdata is created). 107The script checks every five minutes for the file zzz.rawdata, 108when the file is found, then another portion processing 109is done courteously by sleeping for 70 seconds in between each 110awk job. |
| 109.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 110.Ex -std | |
| 111.Sh SEE ALSO 112.Xr nanosleep 2 , 113.Xr sleep 3 114.Sh STANDARDS 115The 116.Nm 117command is expected to be 118.St -p1003.2 119compatible. 120.Sh HISTORY 121A 122.Nm 123command appeared in 124.At v4 . | 111.Sh SEE ALSO 112.Xr nanosleep 2 , 113.Xr sleep 3 114.Sh STANDARDS 115The 116.Nm 117command is expected to be 118.St -p1003.2 119compatible. 120.Sh HISTORY 121A 122.Nm 123command appeared in 124.At v4 . |