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Re: sleep.c patch...
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Jim Meyering |
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Re: sleep.c patch... |
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Date: |
Sat, 19 Jan 2002 17:30:19 +0100 |
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Jakub Wilk <address@hidden> wrote:
> I always wonder why `sleep' doesn't support intervals shorter than 1 sec.
> So... I fixed `sleep.c' (a bit).
> And now:
> sleep 100000u
> would delay for 100,000 microsecs (0.1 sec)
Thanks.
The latest version already has that functionality:
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/sh-utils-2.0.11.tar.gz
It's implemented slightly differently in that it accepts
floating point numbers:
sleep 0.1