Re: usleep

[Larry Smith <doccpu@yahoo.com>]

I'd think that in a shell script, you could use
"sleep" instead, unlikely that you need better
resolution than that. 


Should you, usleep is availabe in the c library and
you would write a small routine that called it, and
refer to it in a script.

--- Hans Bausewein <hans@comerwell.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've read in a 'Bash-Scripting Guide' about a
> 'usleep' (microseconds sleep)
> command, but I cannot find it on either my Debian
> system or in the package
> search system on
> http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages/ .
> 
> RH has it in an initscripts package. Do I need to
> change to RH now?
> (I use it at work, but I don't like it :)
> 
> Hans
> 
> 
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