NAME

       sleep - sleep for the specified number of seconds

SYNOPSIS

       #include <unistd.h>

       unsigned int sleep(unsigned int seconds);

DESCRIPTION

       sleep()  makes  the  calling thread 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,  if  the  call  was
       interrupted by a signal handler.

ATTRIBUTES

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

       ┌──────────┬───────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
       │Interface │ Attribute     │ Value                       │
       ├──────────┼───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
       │sleep()   │ Thread safety │ MT-Unsafe sig:SIGCHLD/linux │
       └──────────┴───────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘

CONFORMING TO

       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

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), nanosleep(2), signal(2), signal(7)

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