C++Talk.NET C++ language newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  sleeping for less than a second          C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ language (comp.lang.c++) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Gary Wessle Guest Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:10 am    Post subject: sleeping for less than a second Hi who can I sleep(less than a second with out eating up the cpu). the code below works for seconds but not fraction of, but will eat the cpu as I learned googling. further, man sleep on linux does not take fraction of a second. thanks void wait ( int seconds ) { clock_t endwait; endwait = clock () + seconds * CLOCKS_PER_SEC; while (clock() < endwait) {} } int main(){ // will eat up the cpu for nothing int n; cout << "Starting countdown...\n"; for (n=10; n>0; n--) { cout << n << endl; wait (1); } cout << "left off" << '\n'; } Back to top Thomas Matthews Guest Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:10 am    Post subject: Re: sleeping for less than a second Gary Wessle wrote: Quote: Hi who can I sleep(less than a second with out eating up the cpu). the code below works for seconds but not fraction of, but will eat the cpu as I learned googling. further, man sleep on linux does not take fraction of a second. thanks This is a FAQ, see my signature below. -- Thomas Matthews C++ newsgroup welcome message: http://www.slack.net/~shiva/welcome.txt C++ Faq: http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite C Faq: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/c-faq/top.html alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ faq: http://www.comeaucomputing.com/learn/faq/ Other sites: http://www.josuttis.com -- C++ STL Library book http://www.sgi.com/tech/stl -- Standard Template Library Back to top m_schellens@hotmail.com Guest Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:10 am    Post subject: Re: sleeping for less than a second Gary Wessle wrote: Quote: Hi who can I sleep(less than a second with out eating up the cpu). the code below works for seconds but not fraction of, but will eat the cpu as I learned googling. further, man sleep on linux does not take fraction of a second. thanks void wait ( int seconds ) { clock_t endwait; endwait = clock () + seconds * CLOCKS_PER_SEC; while (clock() < endwait) {} } int main(){ // will eat up the cpu for nothing int n; cout << "Starting countdown...\n"; for (n=10; n>0; n--) { cout << n << endl; wait (1); } cout << "left off" << '\n'; } Under linux or OS X, you can use nanosleep(...) Cheers Marc Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ language (comp.lang.c++) All times are GMT Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum C/C++----------------C LanguageC Language (Moderated)C++ Language (Moderated)C++ language (comp.lang.c++)C++ language, library and standards Non-English C/C++ Newsgroups----------------C++ (German)C++ (French)  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2006 phpBB Group SEO toolkit © 2004-2006 webmedic.