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Tcl Library Procedures                            Tcl_Sleep(3TCL)



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NAME
     Tcl_Sleep - delay execution  for  a  given  number  of  mil-
     liseconds

SYNOPSIS
     #include 

     Tcl_Sleep(ms)

ARGUMENTS
     int          ms                 (in)      Number   of   mil-
                                               liseconds       to
                                               sleep.
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DESCRIPTION
     This procedure delays the calling process by the  number  of
     milliseconds  given  by  the  ms parameter and returns after
     that time has elapsed.  It is typically used for things like
     flashing a button, where the delay is short and the applica-
     tion needn't do anything while it waits.  For longer  delays
     where  the application needs to respond to other events dur-
     ing the delay, the procedure  Tcl_CreateTimerHandler  should
     be used instead of Tcl_Sleep.


KEYWORDS
     sleep, time, wait

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

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    |   ATTRIBUTE TYPE   |  ATTRIBUTE VALUE|
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    | Availability       |  runtime/tcl-8  |
    |____________________|__________________|_
    | Interface Stability|  Uncommitted    |
    |____________________|_________________|

NOTES
     Source for Tcl is available on http://opensolaris.org.









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