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delay()

Suspends a calling thread for a given length of time

Synopsis:

#include <unistd.h>

unsigned int delay( unsigned int duration );

Arguments:

duration: The number of milliseconds for which to suspend the calling thread from execution.

Library:

libc

Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.

Description:

The delay() function suspends the calling thread for duration milliseconds.

The suspension time may be greater than the requested amount, due to the scheduling of other, higher-priority threads by the system.

Returns:

0 for success, or the number of unslept milliseconds if interrupted by a signal.

Errors:

If an error occurs, errno is set to:

EAGAIN: No timer resources were available to satisfy the request.

Examples:

#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

void play_sound( void )
{
    ...
}

void stop_sound( void )
{
    ...
}

int main( void )
{
    play_sound();
    delay( 500 );  /* delay for 1/2 second */
    stop_sound();

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Classification:

QNX 4

Safety:
Cancellation point	Yes
Interrupt handler	No
Signal handler	Yes
Thread	Yes