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.TH PMSLEEP 1 "PCP" "Performance Co-Pilot"
.SH NAME
\f3pmpause\f1,
\f3pmsleep\f1 \- portable subsecond-capable sleep
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B $PCP_BINADM_DIR/pmpause
.br
.B $PCP_BINADM_DIR/pmsleep
.I interval
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B pmpause
sleeps indefinitely, until interrupted by SIGKILL.
.PP
.B pmsleep
sleeps for the specified
.IR interval .
The
.I interval
argument follows the syntax described in
.BR PCPIntro (1)
for
.B \-t,
and in the simplest form may be an unsigned integer
or floating point constant
(the implied units in this case are seconds).
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
The exit status is 0 for success, or 1 for a malformed command line.
If the underlying
.BR nanosleep (2)
system call fails, an errno is returned.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR sleep (1),
.BR pause (2)
and
.BR nanosleep (2).