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@node nanosleep
@section @code{nanosleep}
@findex nanosleep

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/nanosleep.html}

Gnulib module: nanosleep

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Solaris 2.4, mingw, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@item
This function reports failure when called with small arguments such as 1 ns
on some platforms:
AIX 4.3.2.
@item
This function mishandles large arguments when interrupted by a signal on some
platforms:
Linux 64-bit, Solaris 64-bit.
@item
This function cannot sleep longer than 49.7 days on some platforms:
Cygwin 1.5.x.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize
author	Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
date	Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:42:24 -0600
parents	bb0ceefd22dc
children	6355dc4626b5