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Re: usleep patch


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: usleep patch
Date: 17 Apr 2003 11:51:06 -0700
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George Mochrie <address@hidden> writes:

> I know the functionality is now in sleep, but there doesn't seem to be a 
> standard usleep command in many GNU/Linux distros

But the GNU syntax "sleep 0.025" is much more intuitive than "usleep 25".

I don't see the need to support the usleep command.  It is not part of
any standard that I know of, so no portable shell program can use it
anyway.




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