.TH SNOOZE 3  MIDI
.SH NAME
snooze \- sleep for the specified number of milliseconds
.SH SYNOPSIS
.Cs
.in
cc ... \-lmidi
.sp
snooze(msec)
int msec;
.in
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.SH DESCRIPTION
\fISnooze()\fP
uses the select call to suspend execution for \fImsec\fP
milliseconds.
\fIMsec\fP may be as large as
2^31 (3 weeks, 3 days, 20 hours, 31 minutes, and 23.648 seconds)
or as small as 0 (returns ``immediately'').
The code used is:
.Cs
struct timeval tout;

tout.tv_sec = msec / 1000;
tout.tv_usec = (msec % 1000) * 1000;
select(0, 0, 0, 0, &tout);
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.SH AUTHOR
Peter Langston, Bell Communications Research
(bellcore!psl)