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I need to suspend execution from within a task for a short while (1
second or so, millisecond resolution would be best). On PC OSs, you can
use sleep(time to sleep) , but on Solaris sleep is an executable. I know
I can get this by using select() on a TCP/IP port, but that seems silly
for such a simple function, as seems starting the sleep executable just
for this. Does there exist such a function in Solaris 2.5 or do I have
to roll my own? I've also looked at create_timer and pals, but that
doesn't seem to fit the bill, as it employs signals. Ideas anyone?

Thanks, Mat Nieuwenhoven

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Michael Fuhr
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I have meanwhile discovered the catman command. After running it and
doing man -k sleep, it shows there are other sections which include
sleep, like you've shown. All works now.

Thanks, Mat Nieuwenhoven

If it's C, you can just use sleep(3C) or usleep(3C), or select(3C)
with no file descriptors at all.  sleep() and usleep() use an ALRM
signal and an interval timer, respectively, while select() uses
neither.

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        select( 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, milliseconds_to_sleep );

That said, I think the function you are looking for is nanosleep(). It
has the best prescicion and have no reentrancy problems.

Hope this helps

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Elias Martenson
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