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SLEEP Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3) Updated: April 7, 2025 Index   NAME sleep - Sleep for the specified number of seconds   SYNOPSIS #include <unistd.h> unsigned int sleep(unsigned int seconds);   DESCRIPTION sleep() makes the current process sleep until seconds seconds have elapsed or a signal arrives which is not ignored.   RETURN VALUE Zero if the requested time has elapsed, or the number of seconds left to sleep.   CONFORMING TO POSIX.1   BUGS sleep() may be implemented using SIGALRM; mixing calls to alarm() and sleep() is a bad idea. Using longjmp() from a signal handler or modifying the handling of SIGALRM while sleeping will cause undefined results.   SEE ALSO   Index NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION RETURN VALUE CONFORMING TO BUGS SEE ALSO This document was created by using the manual pages. Time: 11:58:06 GMT, March 24, 2025

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