SLEEP(3F) SLEEP(3F) NAME sleep - suspend execution for an interval SYNOPSIS subroutine sleep (itime) DESCRIPTION _S_l_e_e_p causes the calling process to be suspended for _i_t_i_m_e seconds. The actual time can be up to 1 second less than _i_t_i_m_e due to granularā€ ity in system timekeeping. FILES /usr/lib/libU77.a SEE ALSO sleep(3) 4.2 Berkeley Distribution May 15, 1985 SLEEP(3F)