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- @' $Header: Sync_WaitTime,v 1.1 86/12/16 19:52:40 andrew Exp $ SPRITE (Berkeley)
- .so \*(]ltmac.sprite
- .HS Sync_WaitTime lib
- .BS
- .SH NAME
- Sync_WaitTime \- sleep for a specified amount of time
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .nf
- \fB#include <time.h>\fR
- .sp .5
- Boolean
- \fBSync_WaitTime\fR(\fItime\fP)
- .SH ARGUMENTS
- .AP Time time in
- The amount of time to sleep.
- .BE
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- \fBSync_WaitTime\fR causes the process to sleep for a specified amount of time.
- The call will return FALSE when the process is woken up because the
- time expired.
- The call returns TRUE if the process was woken up prematurely because
- of the arrival of a signal.
- .SH SEE ALSO
- Sync
- .SH KEYWORDS
- wait, block, process, wakeup
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