millisecond delay in C - linux

Hi all,

does anyone know how to generate a millisecond delay in C, compiling
under Linux? I understand the function sleep() will generate a delay
down to a resolution of one second, but I need to be able to refine
this to milliseconds.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Ben.

checkout the select() call - it is often used for such a purpose. or
nanosleep().



Macgyver wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> does anyone know how to generate a millisecond delay in C, compiling
> under Linux? I understand the function sleep() will generate a delay
> down to a resolution of one second, but I need to be able to refine
> this to milliseconds.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ben.[/color]

Robert Frunzke <Robert.no.spam.F@freenet.de> scribbled the following:[color=blue]
> checkout the select() call - it is often used for such a purpose. or
> nanosleep().[/color]

Which part of the ISO C standard defines either of these functions?

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"Macgyver" <bhalicki@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
news:63cd0f02.0401070235.3f182b4b@posting.google.c om...[color=blue]
> does anyone know how to generate a millisecond delay in C, compiling
> under Linux? I understand the function sleep() will generate a
> delay down to a resolution of one second, but I need to be able to
> refine this to milliseconds.[/color]

There is no way to do so in standard C, the topic of this newsgroup. The
function sleep() is also not part of standard C. The clue is the fact that
the operating system is relevant.

Try asking in comp.unix.programmer <OT> or man 2 nanosleep </OT>.

Note that you seem to be asking for a way to achieve your solution ("How do
I use a sledgehammer to crack a walnut?"), not for a solution to your
problem ("How do I crack a walnut?"). This may well mean you don't get the
best end result.

Joona I Palaste wrote:[color=blue]
> Robert Frunzke <Robert.no.spam.F@freenet.de> scribbled the following:
>[color=green]
>>checkout the select() call - it is often used for such a purpose. or
>>nanosleep().[/color]
>
>
> Which part of the ISO C standard defines either of these functions?
>[/color]

Not the ISO C standard. Maybe Posix?

Alex wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Note that you seem to be asking for a way to achieve your solution ("How do
> I use a sledgehammer to crack a walnut?"), not for a solution to your
> problem ("How do I crack a walnut?"). This may well mean you don't get the
> best end result.
>[/color]

He doesnt want to use a sledgehammer (sleep), he wants a finer and
tinyer one (nanosleep) ;)


just kidding,
robert

bhalicki@dodo.com.au (Macgyver) wrote:[color=blue]
>Hi all,
>
>does anyone know how to generate a millisecond delay in C, compiling
>under Linux? I understand the function sleep() will generate a delay
>down to a resolution of one second, but I need to be able to refine
>this to milliseconds.
>
>Any ideas?[/color]

Take the advice about asking in a different newsgroup, because
there is *far* more to this than meets the eye.

In fact, you shouldn't ask in comp.unix.programming because the
discussion you need is specific to Linux, not unix in general,
though they won't throw a hissy fit about it like you get here.

Try comp.os.linux.misc or better might be
comp.os.linux.development.apps.

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Robert Frunzke wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> Joona I Palaste wrote:[color=green]
>> Which part of the ISO C standard defines either of these functions?
>>[/color]
>
> Not the ISO C standard. Maybe Posix?[/color]

1. POSIX isn't C. POSIX is an OS thing that has hooks originally
designed for C.

2. If it isn't ISO C, it's off-topic here. Try comp.programming.unix or
some such.

On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 12:08:57 +0100
Robert Frunzke <Robert.no.spam.F@freenet.de> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Joona I Palaste wrote:[color=green]
> > Robert Frunzke <Robert.no.spam.F@freenet.de> scribbled the
> > following:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>checkout the select() call - it is often used for such a purpose. or
> >>nanosleep().[/color]
> >
> >
> > Which part of the ISO C standard defines either of these functions?
> >[/color]
>
> Not the ISO C standard. Maybe Posix?[/color]

That was Joonas point. This group is about ISO C, the Posix, Unix and
Linux experts hang out in other groups where answers involving these
functions will get properly reviewed for errors.
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