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1 <refentry id="sleep">
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2 <refnamediv>
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3 <refname>SLEEP</refname>
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4 <refpurpose>Suspend process for period of time</refpurpose>
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5 </refnamediv>
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7 <refsynopsisdiv>
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8 <cmdsynopsis>
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9 <command>sleep</command>
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10 <arg choice="plain">
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11 <replaceable>tickcount</replaceable>
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12 </arg>
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13 </cmdsynopsis>
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14 </refsynopsisdiv>
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16 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
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17 <para>
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18 This command puts the user's process to &quot;sleep&quot; for a number of
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19 clock ticks. It is generally used to generate time delays or to
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20 &quot;break up&quot; CPU-intensive jobs. The duration of a tick is 16.66
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21 milliseconds.
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22 </para>
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23 <para>
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24 A tick count of 1 causes the process to &quot;give up&quot; its current time
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25 slide. A tick count of zero causes the process to sleep
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26 indefinitely (usually awakened by a signal)
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28 </para>
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29 </refsect1>
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30 <refsect1><title>Examples</title>
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31 <screen>
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32 OS9: sleep 25
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33 </screen>
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34 </refsect1>
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35 </refentry>
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