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NANOSLEEP(2) BSD System Calls Manual NANOSLEEP(2) NAME nanosleep -- suspend thread execution for an interval measured in nanoseconds LIBRARY Standard C Library (libc, -lc) SYNOPSIS #include <time.h> int nanosleep(const struct timespec *rqtp, struct timespec *rmtp); DESCRIPTION The nanosleep() function causes the calling thread to sleep for the amount of time specified in rqtp (the actual time slept may be longer, due to system latencies and possible limitations in the timer resolution of the hardware). An unmasked signal will cause nanosleep() to terminate the sleep early, regardless of the SA_RESTART value on the interrupting signal. RETURN VALUES If nanosleep() returns because the requested time has elapsed, the value returned will be zero. If nanosleep() returns due to the delivery of a signal, the value returned will be the -1, and the global variable errno will be set to indicate the interruption. If rmtp is non-NULL, the timespec structure it references is updated to contain the unslept amount (the request time minus the time actually slept). ERRORS The nanosleep() call fails if: [EFAULT] Either rqtp or rmtp points to memory that is not a valid part of the process address space. [EINTR] nanosleep() was interrupted by the delivery of a sig-nal. signal. nal. [EINVAL] rqtp specified a nanosecond value less than zero or greater than or equal to 1000 million. [ENOSYS] nanosleep() is not supported by this implementation. SEE ALSO sigsuspend(2), sleep(3) STANDARDS The nanosleep() function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1b-1993 (``POSIX.1''). BSD April 17, 1997 BSD |