.\" @(#)sleep.3f 1.3 86/01/02 SMI; from UCB 4.2 .TH SLEEP 3F "07 July 1995" .SH NAME sleep \- suspend execution for an interval .SH SYNOPSIS .\" .IX sleep "" \fLsleep\fP .IX "suspend execution for an interval" .\" .B subroutine sleep (itime) .SH DESCRIPTION The subroutine .B sleep suspends the calling process for .I itime seconds. The actual time can be up to one second less than .I itime due to granularity in system timekeeping. .SH FILES .B libF77.a .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR sleep (3)