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<H1>USLEEP</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2017-09-15<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
usleep - suspend execution for microsecond intervals
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/unistd.h">unistd.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>int usleep(useconds_t </B><I>usec</I><B>);</B>
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Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+feature_test_macros">feature_test_macros</A></B>(7)):
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<B>usleep</B>():
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<DT id="2">Since glibc 2.12:<DD>
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(_XOPEN_SOURCE&nbsp;&gt;=&nbsp;500) &amp;&amp; ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE&nbsp;&gt;=&nbsp;200809L)
|| /* Glibc since 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* Glibc versions &lt;= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE
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Before glibc 2.12:
_BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE&nbsp;&gt;=&nbsp;500
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
The
<B>usleep</B>()
function suspends execution of the calling thread for
(at least) <I>usec</I> microseconds.
The sleep may be lengthened slightly
by any system activity or by the time spent processing the call or by the
granularity of system timers.
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<H2>RETURN VALUE</H2>
The
<B>usleep</B>()
function returns 0 on success.
On error, -1 is returned, with
<I>errno</I>
set to indicate the cause of the error.
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<H2>ERRORS</H2>
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<DT id="4"><B>EINTR</B>
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Interrupted by a signal; see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+signal">signal</A></B>(7).
<DT id="5"><B>EINVAL</B>
<DD>
<I>usec</I> is greater than or equal to 1000000.
(On systems where that is considered an error.)
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<H2>ATTRIBUTES</H2>
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+attributes">attributes</A></B>(7).
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<TR VALIGN=top><TD><B>Interface</B></TD><TD><B>Attribute</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B><BR></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=top><TD>
<B>usleep</B>()
</TD><TD>Thread safety</TD><TD>MT-Safe<BR></TD></TR>
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
POSIX.1-2001 declares this function obsolete; use
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+nanosleep">nanosleep</A></B>(2)
instead.
POSIX.1-2008 removes the specification of
<B>usleep</B>().
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On the original BSD implementation,
and in glibc before version 2.2.2, the return type of this function is
<I>void</I>.
The POSIX version returns
<I>int</I>,
and this is also the prototype used since glibc 2.2.2.
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Only the
<B>EINVAL</B>
error return is documented by SUSv2 and POSIX.1-2001.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
The type
<I>useconds_t</I>
is an unsigned integer type capable of holding integers
in the range [0,1000000].
Programs will be more portable
if they never mention this type explicitly.
Use
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#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/unistd.h">unistd.h</A>&gt;
...
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;unsigned&nbsp;int&nbsp;usecs;
...
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;usleep(usecs);
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The interaction of this function with the
<B>SIGALRM</B>
signal, and with other timer functions such as
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+alarm">alarm</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sleep">sleep</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+nanosleep">nanosleep</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+setitimer">setitimer</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+timer_create">timer_create</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+timer_delete">timer_delete</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+timer_getoverrun">timer_getoverrun</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+timer_gettime">timer_gettime</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+timer_settime">timer_settime</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+ualarm">ualarm</A></B>(3)
is unspecified.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+alarm">alarm</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+getitimer">getitimer</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+nanosleep">nanosleep</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+select">select</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?2+setitimer">setitimer</A></B>(2),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+sleep">sleep</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?3+ualarm">ualarm</A></B>(3),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+time">time</A></B>(7)
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<H2>COLOPHON</H2>
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<I>man-pages</I>
project.
A description of the project,
information about reporting bugs,
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<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAE">RETURN VALUE</A><DD>
<DT id="10"><A HREF="#lbAF">ERRORS</A><DD>
<DT id="11"><A HREF="#lbAG">ATTRIBUTES</A><DD>
<DT id="12"><A HREF="#lbAH">CONFORMING TO</A><DD>
<DT id="13"><A HREF="#lbAI">NOTES</A><DD>
<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAJ">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAK">COLOPHON</A><DD>
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