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NAME
       sleep - Sleep for the specified number of seconds


SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       unsigned int sleep(unsigned int seconds);


DESCRIPTION
       sleep()  makes  the  calling  process  sleep until seconds seconds have
       elapsed or a signal arrives which is not ignored.


RETURN VALUE
       Zero if the requested time has elapsed, or the number of  seconds  left
       to sleep.


CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001.


BUGS
       sleep()  may be implemented using SIGALRM; mixing calls to alarm(2) and
       sleep() is a bad idea.

       Using longjmp(3) from a signal handler or  modifying  the  handling  of
       SIGALRM while sleeping will cause undefined results.


SEE ALSO
       alarm(2), signal(2)


COLOPHON
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