From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 12 06:57:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA21922 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 06:57:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from terra.stack.nl (terra.stack.nl [131.155.140.128]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA21913 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 06:57:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd@xaa.stack.nl) Received: from xaa.stack.nl (uucp@localhost) by terra.stack.nl (8.8.7) with UUCP id PAA15179; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 15:57:21 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from freebsd@localhost) by xaa.stack.nl (8.8.7/8.8.2) id PAA00425; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 15:29:16 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19971012152916.52277@xaa.stack.nl> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 15:29:16 +0200 From: Mark Huizer To: Joerg Wunsch Cc: FreeBSD hackers , denny1@home.com Subject: Re: wish /bin/sleep handled fractions of a second. References: <199707240518.WAA09252@hub.freebsd.org> <19971012144032.LF05596@uriah.heep.sax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <19971012144032.LF05596@uriah.heep.sax.de>; from J Wunsch on Sun, Oct 12, 1997 at 02:40:32PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > So we should decide whether to accept or reject the suggestion, but > should not leave the PR lingering in `open' state when apparently > nobody seems to be interested at all. > > So are there any proponents of the suggestion (apart from Denny > himself, of course :)? Otherwise, i would like to close it as being > rejected by general opinion. > I'd like it too. Is it too tough? Perhaps in 2 weeks, after finishing my graduation, I could look at it. Either you change sleep to look like: sleep [-m] NUMBER where -m means: the NUMBER is in milliseconds or you make it: sleep NUMBER[.NUMBER] where .number is the decimal part of the second. Any preferences? Mark