NAME

       usleep - suspend execution for microsecond intervals

LIBRARY

       Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>

       int usleep(useconds_t usec);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       usleep():
           Since glibc 2.12:
               (_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500) && ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L)
                   || /* glibc >= 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
                   || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE
           Before glibc 2.12:
               _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500

DESCRIPTION

       The  usleep()  function  suspends  execution  of  the  calling  thread for (at least) usec
       microseconds.  The sleep may be lengthened slightly by any system activity or by the  time
       spent processing the call or by the granularity of system timers.

RETURN VALUE

       The  usleep()  function returns 0 on success.  On error, -1 is returned, with errno set to
       indicate the error.

ERRORS

       EINTR  Interrupted by a signal; see signal(7).

       EINVAL usec is greater than or equal to 1000000.  (On systems where that is considered  an
              error.)

ATTRIBUTES

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

       ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                                                      │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │usleep()                                                       │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS

       None.

HISTORY

       4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.  POSIX.1-2001 declares it obsolete, suggesting nanosleep(2) instead.
       Removed in POSIX.1-2008.

       On the original BSD implementation, and before  glibc  2.2.2,  the  return  type  of  this
       function  is  void.   The  POSIX  version returns int, and this is also the prototype used
       since glibc 2.2.2.

       Only the EINVAL error return is documented by SUSv2 and POSIX.1-2001.

CAVEATS

       The interaction of this function with the SIGALRM signal, and with other  timer  functions
       such  as alarm(2), sleep(3), nanosleep(2), setitimer(2), timer_create(2), timer_delete(2),
       timer_getoverrun(2), timer_gettime(2), timer_settime(2), ualarm(3) is unspecified.

SEE ALSO

       alarm(2),  getitimer(2),  nanosleep(2),  select(2),  setitimer(2),  sleep(3),   ualarm(3),
       useconds_t(3type), time(7)