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NAME
       usleep - suspend execution for microsecond intervals

SYNOPSIS
       #include <unistd.h>

       int usleep(useconds_t usec);

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       usleep():
	   Since glibc 2.12:
	       (_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500) && ! (_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200809L)
		   || /* Glibc since 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
		   || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE
	   Before glibc 2.12:
	       _BSD_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 500

DESCRIPTION
       The  usleep() function suspends execution of the calling thread for (at
       least) usec 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.

RETURN VALUE
       The usleep() function returns 0 on success.  On error, -1 is  returned,
       with errno set to indicate the cause of the error.

ERRORS
       EINTR  Interrupted by a signal; see signal(7).

       EINVAL usec  is	not  smaller  than 1000000.  (On systems where that is
	      considered an error.)

ATTRIBUTES
       For  an	explanation  of	 the  terms  used   in	 this	section,   see
       attributes(7).

       +----------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface | Attribute	  | Value   |
       +----------+---------------+---------+
       |usleep()  | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +----------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
       4.3BSD,	POSIX.1-2001.	POSIX.1-2001  declares this function obsolete;
       use nanosleep(2) instead.  POSIX.1-2008 removes	the  specification  of
       usleep().

       On  the original BSD implementation, and in glibc before version 2.2.2,
       the return type of this function is void.  The  POSIX  version  returns
       int, and this is also the prototype used since glibc 2.2.2.

       Only the EINVAL error return is documented by SUSv2 and POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES
       The  type  useconds_t  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

	   #include <unistd.h>
	   ...
	       unsigned int usecs;
	   ...
	       usleep(usecs);

       The  interaction	 of  this  function  with the SIGALRM signal, and with
       other  timer  functions	such  as  alarm(2),  sleep(3),	 nanosleep(2),
       setitimer(2),  timer_create(2),	timer_delete(2),  timer_getoverrun(2),
       timer_gettime(2), timer_settime(2), ualarm(3) is unspecified.

SEE ALSO
       alarm(2),   getitimer(2),   nanosleep(2),   select(2),	 setitimer(2),
       sleep(3), ualarm(3), time(7)

COLOPHON
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				  2016-03-15			     USLEEP(3)