.TH bup-tick 1 "2013-12-26" "Bup debian/0.25-1~bpo70+1"
.SH NAME
.PP
bup-tick - wait for up to one second
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
bup tick
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\f[C]bup\ tick\f[] waits until \f[C]time\f[](2) returns a different
value than it originally did.
Since time() has a granularity of one second, this can cause a delay of
up to one second.
.PP
This program is useful for writing tests that need to ensure a file date
will be seen as modified.
It is slightly better than \f[C]sleep\f[](1) since it sometimes waits
for less than one second.
.SH EXAMPLE
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
$\ date;\ bup\ tick;\ date
Sat\ Feb\ \ 6\ 16:59:58\ EST\ 2010
Sat\ Feb\ \ 6\ 16:59:59\ EST\ 2010
\f[]
.fi
.SH BUP
.PP
Part of the \f[C]bup\f[](1) suite.
.SH AUTHORS
Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>.