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Date:      Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:22:02 +0100
From:      Max Laier <max@love2party.net>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org, barney_cordoba@yahoo.com
Subject:   Re: Is there a delay which yields?
Message-ID:  <200903151422.03310.max@love2party.net>
In-Reply-To: <641422.62095.qm@web63907.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
References:  <641422.62095.qm@web63907.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

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On Sunday 15 March 2009 14:02:23 Barney Cordoba wrote:
> I'd expect DELAY to yield till timeout but a task with a delay loop just
> runs to 100% usage. Is there a function which can yield exectution for
> a set amount of time (without having to use a timer)?

You might be looking for pause(9) - though I'm not sure what you mean by 
"without having to use a timer".

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