implement time delay in c

Question

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I need to implement a time delay in C.

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Answer 1

C11 has a function specifically for this:

#include 
#include 
#include 

void sleep(time_t seconds) {
    struct timespec time;
    time.tv_sec = seconds;
    time.tv_nsec = 0;
    while (thrd_sleep(&time, &time)) {}
}

int main() {
    puts("Sleeping for 5 seconds...");
    sleep(5);
    puts("Done!");
    return 0;
}

Note that this is only available starting in glibc 2.28.