@node sleep @section @code{sleep} @findex sleep POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/sleep.html} Gnulib module: sleep Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item This function is missing on some platforms: mingw (2005 or newer), MSVC 14. @item This function takes milliseconds as argument and returns @code{void} on some platforms: mingw (2005 and older). @item This function cannot sleep longer than 49.7 days on some platforms: Cygwin 1.5.x. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item According to POSIX, the @code{sleep} function may interfere with the program's use of the @code{SIGALRM} signal. On Linux, it doesn't; on other platforms, it may. @end itemize