How to "sleep" or "delay"?

[John]

Thanks.

I am writing a C++ code on Linux and Sun OS platform.
How to make a procedure sleep or delay?

Thanks again.

 

[Julie]

Thanks.

I am writing a C++ code on Linux and Sun OS platform.
How to make a procedure sleep or delay?

Thanks again.

If you are looking for a platform-specific solution, you will need to post your
question in a newsgroup that responds to platform-specific posts.

I posted a platform-neutral version in response to your first inquiry. Any
particular reason that won't work for you?

 

[John]

Thanks. I just read it. Due to the up to 9 hours delay of posting, I
post my question before I saw your response.

John

 

[John Carson]

I posted a platform-neutral version in response to your first
inquiry. Any particular reason that won't work for you?

(The other) John seems happy, but your solution will drive CPU usage up to
100% (it does on Windows anyway), just so the program can do nothing.
Personally, I would much prefer a platform specific solution that actually
puts the thread to sleep.

 

[Jorge Rivera]

(The other) John seems happy, but your solution will drive CPU usage up to
100% (it does on Windows anyway), just so the program can do nothing.
Personally, I would much prefer a platform specific solution that actually
puts the thread to sleep.

I can't remember all the details, but I beleive that you can set an
"alarm" (look in the signals documentationon your Unix implementation).
Also, there is nanosleep. All you have to do is convert your time to
the appropriate nanosleep compatible time structure, and you will sleep
for that amount of nanoseconds.

JLR

 

[Julie]

I can't remember all the details, but I beleive that you can set an
"alarm" (look in the signals documentationon your Unix implementation).
Also, there is nanosleep. All you have to do is convert your time to
the appropriate nanosleep compatible time structure, and you will sleep
for that amount of nanoseconds.

JLR

Yes, but that isn't platform neutral and/or portable.

The OP requested a way to sleep using standard C++ which is what I provided.

 

[Julie]

Yes, but that isn't platform neutral and/or portable.

The OP requested a way to sleep using standard C++ which is what I provided.

That last line should read:

The OP originally requested a way to sleep using standard C++ which is what I
provided. Platform-specific solutions should be discussed in the relevant
newsgroup(s), not clc++.

 

[John Carson]

Julie wrote:

The OP originally requested a way to sleep using standard C++ which
is what I provided. Platform-specific solutions should be discussed
in the relevant newsgroup(s), not clc++.

Actually, he made no reference to standard C++, though perhaps you inferred
this from the newsgroup he chose to post in. I agree with your second
sentence. But I don't believe in using standard solutions that are not good
solutions.