Hello, On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 7:46 AM, Peng Yu <[email protected]> wrote: > For example, if I run `sleep 1000` and then I put the computer to > sleep for 1000s and wake the computer up. Will the `sleep` finish at > the time when the computer wakes up? Or `sleep` will take another 1000 > seconds to terminate? Thanks.
The short answer: on Linux systems, it will sleep another 1000s seconds after resuming from suspension. For more details, read past discussion starting here: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2012-08/msg00077.html Ending here with Pádraig's explanation on why this goes against what's expected by POSIX: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2012-08/msg00091.html regards, - assaf
