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Chapter 7 - Process Management / Process Management Reference

Functions / Idling and Delaying Processing

OTDelay

Delays processing for a specified number of seconds. This function is only provided for compatibility with the UNIX sleep function.

C INTERFACE

void OTDelay(UInt32 seconds)

C++ INTERFACES

None. C++ applications use the C interface to this function.

PARAMETERS

seconds

The number of seconds to delay.

DESCRIPTION

The OTDelay function delays processing for the number of seconds specified in the seconds parameter. While the delay is occurring, OTDelay continuously calls the OTIdle function.

You can only call the OTDelay function from within an application at system task time. This function is only provided for compatibility with the UNIX sleep function to assist with portability of UNIX code.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

You should never call the OTDelay function in production code on a Macintosh computer.