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<h1> The <tt>s6-sleep</tt> program </h1>

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 s6-sleep sleeps for a given time.
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<h2> Interface </h2>

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     s6-sleep [ -m ] <em>time</em>
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<p>
 s6-sleep acts as the generic
<a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/sleep.html">sleep</a> utility.
It ignores non-lethal signals.
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<h2> Extra options </h2>

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 <li> <tt>-m</tt>&nbsp;: Interpret <em>time</em> as milliseconds instead of seconds. </li>
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<h2> Posixness </h2>

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 s6-sleep <strong>is</strong> suitable as a Single Unix
<a href="http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/sleep.html">sleep</a>
program.
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