usleep() -- suspend calling thread for microseconds of clock time

SYNOPSIS

#include <unistd.h>

int usleep(useconds_t period);

The usleep() function suspends the calling thread until either the number of real-time microseconds specified by period has elapsed or a signal is delivered to the calling thread. The suspension time may be longer than requested because the argument value is rounded up to an integer multiple of the sleep resolution, or due to the scheduling of other activity by the system.

PARAMETERS

period: Is the number of real-time (as opposed to CPU-time) microseconds to suspend the calling thread. This value must be less than 1,000,000. If this value is 0, the call has no effect.

RETURN VALUES

If successful, usleep() returns 0. On failure, it returns -1 and sets errno to one of the following values:

EINVAL: period is greater than or equal to 1,000,000.

CONFORMANCE

UNIX 98.

MULTITHREAD SAFETY LEVEL

MT-Safe.

PORTING ISSUES

usleep() is implemented using an interruptible wait() function, and does not use signals. Hence there are no interactions with SIGALRM handling, or with any other wait function (for example, sleep()), as there are on some UNIX platforms.

On Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista, waitable timers with 100-nanosecond resolution are available, so usleep() has microsecond accuracy.

AVAILABILITY

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usleep()
suspend calling thread for microseconds of clock time

Function