util.sleep

function

Library: Utilities (OMUTIL)
Import : omutil.xmd

Declaration
export function 
   sleep value integer seconds


Purpose

util.sleep causes a process to sleep for a given number of seconds.

Example

The following program will sleep for 10 seconds before outputting the elapsed time.

  import "omutil.xmd" prefixed by util.
  
  process
     local integer start-time initial { util.millisecond-time }
  
     util.sleep 10
     output "Actually time asleep was " || "d" % util.millisecond-time - start-time || " milliseconds.%n"