usleep.1

USLEEP

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
WARNING
OPTIONS
BUGS
AUTHOR
SEE ALSO

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NAME

usleep − sleep some number of microseconds

SYNOPSIS

usleep [number]

DESCRIPTION

usleep sleeps some number of microseconds. The default is 1.

WARNING

usleep has been deprecated, and will be removed in near future. Use sleep(1) instead.

OPTIONS

—usage Show short usage message. *
—help, -?*

Print help information.

-v, —version

Print version information.

BUGS

Probably not accurate on many machines down to the microsecond. Count on precision only to -4 or maybe -5.

AUTHOR

Donald Barnes <djb@redhat.com>
Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>

SEE ALSO

sleep(1)

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