aviz@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (03/06/89)
what is a C command that will do a delay(variable length)? In Turbo C there is a Delay command, but no such luck here. thanks.
abhijit@pyr.gatech.EDU (Abhijit Chaudhari) (03/07/89)
In article <21330@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> aviz@CS.UCLA.EDU (Dr Algirdas Avizienis) writes: >what is a C command that will do a delay(variable length)? You can call the sleep(3C) function, which suspends execution of the current process for a number of seconds (as specified in its argument). Unfortunately, this cannot be used if timing is very critical (i.e. a variation of a few milliseconds cannot be tolerated). Abhijit Chaudhari Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!abhijit ARPA: abhijit@pyr.gatech.edu