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30 .\" @(#)usleep.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
37 .Nd suspend execution for interval of microseconds
43 .Fn usleep "useconds_t microseconds"
48 suspends execution of the calling process
49 until either the number of microseconds specified by
51 have elapsed or a signal is delivered to the calling process and its
52 action is to invoke a signal catching function or to terminate the
54 The suspension time may be longer than requested due to the
55 scheduling of other activity by the system.
59 argument must be less than 1,000,000.
62 is 0, then the call has no effect.
64 On successful completion,
67 Otherwise, it returns \-1 and sets
69 to indicate the error.
78 interval specified 1,000,000 or more microseconds.
88 It later appeared in the
92 it was marked as legacy and the use of
94 was recommended instead.
99 from the specification.