9base-sleep(1)

9base-sleep1

Suspend execution for an interval

Usage

sleep time

Overview

Sleep suspends execution for time seconds.

Examples

Execute a command 100 seconds hence.

{sleep 100; command}&

Repeat a command every 30 seconds.

while (){
	command
	sleep 30
}

Source

/src/cmd/sleep.c

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch).

  1. 4.0–5.0

From 9base 1:2-8 in Debian 5.0 (Lenny). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.