Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 10:59:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r210750 - head/bin/sleep Message-ID: <201008021059.o72AxO1I000322@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: kib Date: Mon Aug 2 10:59:23 2010 New Revision: 210750 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/210750 Log: Document the new argument parser for sleep(1) and SIGINFO behaviour. Remove higlight for the unportability notice. MFC after: 3 weeks Modified: head/bin/sleep/sleep.1 Modified: head/bin/sleep/sleep.1 ============================================================================== --- head/bin/sleep/sleep.1 Mon Aug 2 10:57:56 2010 (r210749) +++ head/bin/sleep/sleep.1 Mon Aug 2 10:59:23 2010 (r210750) @@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ suspends execution for a minimum of If the .Nm command receives a signal, it takes the standard action. +When the +.Dv SIGINFO +signal is received, the estimate of the amount of seconds left to +sleep is printed on the standard output. .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES The .Dv SIGALRM @@ -58,14 +62,11 @@ signal is not handled specially by this .Pp The .Nm -command will accept and honor a non-integer number of specified seconds -(with a -.Ql .\& -character as a decimal point). -.Bf Sy +command allows and honors a non-integer number of seconds to sleep +in any form acceptable by +.Xr strtod 3 . This is a non-portable extension, and its use will nearly guarantee that a shell script will not execute properly on another system. -.Ef .Sh EXIT STATUS .Ex -std .Sh EXAMPLES
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