SLEEP

The jBASE SLEEP command causes the process to sleep either until a specified time or for a specified number of seconds.

COMMAND SYNTAX

SLEEP {time|seconds}

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

time specifies the time until which the process should sleep. The time value is specified in 24 hour format, HH:MM:SS.

seconds specifies the number of seconds for which the process is to sleep.

NOTES

If the debugger is invoked during SLEEP and then execution continued, the user will be prompted:Continue with SLEEP (Y/N) ?If "N" is the response, the SLEEP will terminate.

EXAMPLE

SLEEP 13:15

The process will sleep until 1:15 p.m.

SLEEP 300

The process will sleep for 300 seconds or 5 minutes.

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