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CRTL, nanosleep
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High-resolution sleep (REALTIME). Suspends a process (or thread
in a threaded program) from execution for the specified timer
interval.
This function is supported on OpenVMS Integrity servers and
Alpha only.
Format
#include <time.h>
int nanosleep (const struct timespec *rqtp, struct timespec *rmtp);
rqtp
A pointer to the timespec data structure that defines the time
interval during which the calling process or thread is suspended.
rmtp
A pointer to the timespec data structure that receives the amount
of time remaining in the previously requested interval, or zero
if the full interval has elapsed.
The nanosleep function suspends a process or thread until one of
the following conditions is met:
o The time interval specified by the rqtp argument has elapsed.
o A signal is delivered to the calling process and the action
is to invoke a signal-catching function or to terminate the
process.
The suspension time may be longer than requested because the
argument value is rounded up to an integer multiple of the sleep
resolution or because of the scheduling of other activity by the
system. Except when interrupted by a signal, the suspension time
is not less than the time specified by the rqtp argument (as
measured by the system clock, CLOCK_REALTIME).
The use of the nanosleep function has no effect on the action or
blockage of any signal.
If the requested time has elapsed, the call was successful and
the nanosleep function returns zero.
On failure, the nanosleep function returns -1 and sets errno
to indicate the failure. The function fails if it has been
interrupted by a signal, or if the rqtp argument specified
a nanosecond value less than 0 or greater than or equal to 1
billion.
If the rmtp argument is non-NULL, the timespec structure it
references is updated to contain the amount of time remaining in
the interval (the requested time minus the time actually slept).
If the rmtp argument is NULL, the remaining time is not returned.
See also clock_getres, clock_gettime, clock_settime, and sleep.
0 Indicates success. The requested time has
elapsed.
-1 Indicates failure. The function call was
unsuccessful or was interrupted by a signal;
errno is set to one of the following values:
o EINTR - The nanosleep function was
interrupted by a signal.
o EINVAL - The rqtp argument specified a
nanosecond value less than 0 or greater
than or equal to 1 billion.