Alex Salmon wrote:
>
> hi all
>
> i am writing a c program and i want it to lie dormant then every say 5
> mins wake up and test somthing and then lie again. It has to be c native
> so i can port it but it must work in linux for the moment, i have
> thought about using time_t but to test that i end up in
> endless loops and all sorts of ugly things.
man 3 sleep
For a five minute delay try sleep (5 * 60). Sleep exists on most
Unix like OSes.
Erik
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