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33 .TH USLEEP 3 2013-12-10 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
35 usleep \- suspend execution for microsecond intervals
38 .B "#include <unistd.h>"
40 .BI "int usleep(useconds_t " usec );
44 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
45 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
56 (_XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 500 ||
57 _XOPEN_SOURCE\ &&\ _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED) &&
58 !(_POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200809L || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 700)
62 _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 500 ||
63 _XOPEN_SOURCE\ &&\ _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
70 function suspends execution of the calling thread for
71 (at least) \fIusec\fP microseconds.
72 The sleep may be lengthened slightly
73 by any system activity or by the time spent processing the call or by the
74 granularity of system timers.
78 function returns 0 on success.
79 On error, \-1 is returned, with
81 set to indicate the cause of the error.
85 Interrupted by a signal; see
89 \fIusec\fP is not smaller than 1000000.
90 (On systems where that is considered an error.)
92 .SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
95 function is thread-safe.
98 POSIX.1-2001 declares this function obsolete; use
101 POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of
104 On the original BSD implementation,
105 and in glibc before version 2.2.2, the return type of this function is
107 The POSIX version returns
109 and this is also the prototype used since glibc 2.2.2.
113 error return is documented by SUSv2 and POSIX.1-2001.
117 is an unsigned integer type capable of holding integers
118 in the range [0,1000000].
119 Programs will be more portable
120 if they never mention this type explicitly.
133 The interaction of this function with the
135 signal, and with other timer functions such as
140 .BR timer_create (2),
141 .BR timer_delete (2),
142 .BR timer_getoverrun (2),
143 .BR timer_gettime (2),
144 .BR timer_settime (2),
157 This page is part of release 3.67 of the Linux
160 A description of the project,
161 information about reporting bugs,
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