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crib text from sleep(3) to document response to signals; fixes PR 4008

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mikel 1997-09-20 04:52:36 +00:00
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lib/libc/gen/usleep.3
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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
.\" $NetBSD: usleep.3,v 1.5 1997/07/19 02:42:31 jtc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: usleep.3,v 1.6 1997/09/20 04:52:36 mikel Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -48,11 +48,16 @@ The
.Fn usleep
function
suspends execution of the calling process
for
until either the number of microseconds specified by
.Fa microseconds
of time.
System activity or time spent in processing the
call may lengthen the sleep slightly.
have elapsed or a signal is delivered to the calling process and its
action is to invoke a signal catching function or to terminate the
process. The suspension time may be longer than requested due to the
scheduling of other activity by the system.
.Sh RETURN VALUE
The
.Fn usleep
function returns no value.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr nanosleep 2 ,
.Xr sleep 3