#!/usr/bin/perl =begin metadata Name: sleep Description: suspend execution for a number of seconds Author: Randy Yarger, randy.yarger@nextel.com License: perl =end metadata =cut use strict; use File::Basename qw(basename); use Getopt::Std qw(getopts); use constant EX_SUCCESS => 0; use constant EX_FAILURE => 1; my $Program = basename($0); my ($VERSION) = '1.203'; getopts('') or usage(); my $seconds = shift; unless (defined $seconds) { warn "$Program: missing operand\n"; usage(); } if (@ARGV) { warn "$Program: extra operand `$ARGV[0]'\n"; usage(); } if ($seconds !~ m/\A[0-9]+\z/) { warn "$Program: invalid time interval `$seconds'\n"; exit EX_FAILURE; } sleep $seconds; exit EX_SUCCESS; sub usage { warn "usage: $Program SECONDS\n"; exit EX_FAILURE; } __END__ =pod =head1 NAME sleep - suspend execution for a number of seconds =head1 SYNOPSIS sleep I<seconds> =head1 DESCRIPTION I<sleep> waits for a number of seconds, then exits successfully. The argument is taken as a decimal number with no fractional part. =head1 ENVIRONMENT The working of I<sleep> is not influenced by any environment variables. =head1 BUGS I<sleep> has no known bugs. =head1 AUTHOR The Perl implementation of I<sleep> was written by Randy Yarger, I<randy.yarger@nextel.com>. =head1 COPYRIGHT and LICENSE This program is copyright by Randy Yarger 1999. This program is free and open software. You may use, modify, distribute and sell this program (and any modified variants) in any way you wish, provided you do not restrict others to do the same. =cut