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1.\"
2.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Joerg Wunsch
3.\"
4.\" All rights reserved.
5.\"
6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
8.\" are met:

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18.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
19.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
20.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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1.\"
2.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Joerg Wunsch
3.\"
4.\" All rights reserved.
5.\"
6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
8.\" are met:

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18.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE DEVELOPERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
19.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
20.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
21.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
22.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
23.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
24.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
25.\"
26.\" $Id: sleep.9,v 1.13 1998/12/23 00:24:59 dillon Exp $
26.\" $Id: sleep.9,v 1.14 1999/02/01 22:55:54 mpp Exp $
27.\" "
28.Dd December 17, 1998
29.Os
30.Dt SLEEP 9
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm sleep ,
33.Nm tsleep ,
34.Nm asleep ,

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217The sleep/wakeup process synchronization mechanism is very old. It
218appeared in a very early version of Unix.
219.Pp
220.Nm Tsleep
221appeared in
222.Bx 4.4 .
223.Pp
224.Nm Asleep/await
27.\" "
28.Dd December 17, 1998
29.Os
30.Dt SLEEP 9
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm sleep ,
33.Nm tsleep ,
34.Nm asleep ,

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217The sleep/wakeup process synchronization mechanism is very old. It
218appeared in a very early version of Unix.
219.Pp
220.Nm Tsleep
221appeared in
222.Bx 4.4 .
223.Pp
224.Nm Asleep/await
225first appeared in FreeBSD-3.0.1 and is designed to shift the burden of blocking
225first appeared in
226.Fx 3.0
227and is designed to shift the burden of blocking
226away from extremely low level routines and push it up to their callers.
227.Sh AUTHORS
228This man page has been written by
229.ie t J\(:org Wunsch.
230.el Joerg Wunsch.
228away from extremely low level routines and push it up to their callers.
229.Sh AUTHORS
230This man page has been written by
231.ie t J\(:org Wunsch.
232.el Joerg Wunsch.
231asleep/await designed and written by Matthew Dillon.
233asleep/await designed and written by
234.An Matthew Dillon.