On 01/30/2010 09:39 PM, Rod Haper wrote:
On 01/30/2010 07:03 PM, Mikkel wrote:
> On 01/30/2010 06:25 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>
>> Q? This code uses the 'sleep(1)' call to time its repeat scans. It is
using
>> no cpu as its the bottom item on an htop sorted by use report.
>>
>> I assume I can go into the tarball and change those 2 sleep calls to
>> sleep(0.05) to get 20 scans a second? I'm going to try it anyway & see
if it
>> will still build.
>>
> Nope - sleep only accepts an integer value. Using sleep, 1 second it
> the best you will get.
>
> Mikkel
>
He probably wants usleep() which sleeps for microsecond intervals.
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Rod
Or better yet nanosleep() which is more portable and up to date.
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Rod