Unit 'BaseUnix'	Package
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FpSleep

Suspend process for several seconds.

Declaration

Source position: bunxh.inc line 49

function FpSleep(

seconds: cuint

):cuint;

Description

FpSleep suspends the process till a time period as specified in seconds has passed, then the function returns. If the call was interrupted (e.g. by some signal) then the function may return earlier, and the return value is the remaining time till the end of the intended period.

If the function returns without error, the return value is zero.

Example

program example73;

{ Program to demonstrate the FpSleep function. }

uses BaseUnix;

Var
  Res : Longint;

begin
  Write('Sleep returned : ');
  Flush(Output);
  Res:=(fpSleep(10));
  Writeln(res);
  If (res<>0) then
    Writeln('Remaining seconds     : ',res);
end.

fpPause		Wait for a signal to arrive.
fpAlarm		Schedule an alarm signal to be delivered.
fpNanoSleep		Suspend process for a short time.

FpSleep

Declaration

Description

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