@load "time" # make sure gettimeofday() is consistent with systime(). We must call # gettimeofday() before systime() to make sure the subtraction gives 0 # without risk of rolling over to the next second. function timecheck(st,res) { res = gettimeofday() st = systime() printf "gettimeofday - systime = %d\n", res-st return res } BEGIN { delta = 1.3 t0 = timecheck() printf "sleep(%s) = %s\n",delta,sleep(delta) t1 = timecheck() slept = t1-t0 if ((slept < 0.9*delta) || (slept > 1.3*delta)) printf "Warning: tried to sleep %.2f secs, but slept for %.2f secs\n", delta,slept }