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- ' $Header: /a/newcmds/sleep/RCS/sleep.man,v 1.1 88/12/22 11:53:55 ouster Exp $ SPRITE (Berkeley)
- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS SLEEP cmds
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- sleep \- Suspend execution for a given time period
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBsleep \fIseconds\fR
- .BE
-
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .LP
- This process simply suspends itself for \fIseconds\fR seconds, then
- exits. It is convenient in situations where a particular command
- should be executed after a given time period: run \fBsleep\fR first,
- then the desired command.
-
- .SH KEYWORDS
- delay, sleep
-