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Re: sleep( ) in DOS32

• Posted by Rubens Monteiro Luciano <rml at rubis.trix.net> Nov 25, 2004
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Hi CojaBo,

         sleep() works under a dos window. No problem.
         I just need less than 1 second delays. All it=B4s ok
         now. Thanks.

Rubens

At 22:53 24/11/2004, you wrote:
>
>
>posted by: CoJaBo <CoJaBo_EUforum_Address at CJBN.net>
>
>Rubens Monteiro Luciano wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Kat,
> >
> > I didn=B4t find this in a quick search in the euforum.
> > This solve the problem.
> > What I mean with "stay free" is to not use 100% of the processor
>A translation of what Kat said:
>DOS doesn't support that.
>
>You can use a while loop and time() to get
>partial-second sleep time.
>If you are running a dos window under
>windows, the only way to accomplish
>that is to use windosw.
>
> > like
> > for i=1 to 1000000 do
> > blablabla
> > end for
> >
> > Rubens
> >
> > At 18:24 24/11/2004, you wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >On 24 Nov 2004, at 17:17, Rubens Monteiro Luciano wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > >  How do I sleep less than 1 second in DOS32 ?
> > > >  Is there anyway to simulate a sleep of 500 miliseconds, for exampl=
e ?
> > > >  The system must stay free during this time.
> > > >  Maybe it=B4s time to have a sleep_miliseconds( ) function...
> > >
> > >Since dos is neither re-entrant nor multitasking, what is it to stay=

> free =
> > for?
> > >
> > >On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:09:25 -0800, rudy toews
> > ><guest at rapideuphoria.com> wrote:
> > > > Re: Eu locking harddrives
> > ><<a=20
> href="http://statik.topica.com/lists/read/images/icon_pencil.gif">http:=
//statik.topica.com/lists/read/images/icon_pencil.gif</a>>
>   >   BTW: How=
> >
> > > > about allowing any atom as argument for sleep(), not only an
> integer? I=
> >
> > > just
> > >got an error message from Eu,
> > > > because I tried to call sleep(0.5).
> > > >
> > > > --for .exw (WinDoze)
> > > > include dll.e
> > > > include misc.e --for old sleep()
> > > > constant
> > > > k32=open_dll("kernel32"),
> > > > zSleep=define_c_proc(k32,"Sleep",{C_UINT})
> > > > --usage:
> > > > --c_proc(zSleep,{x})
> > > > --where x is in MILLISECONDS! --Zero allowed
> > > > --demo is:
> > > > printf(1,"%s\n",{"Start"})
> > > > c_proc(zSleep,{3500})
> > > > printf(1,"%s\n",{"3.5 seconds later..."})
> > > > sleep(2) -- ;)
> > > >
> > > > Nice, thank you.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >    Juergen
> > >
> > > > <a=20
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> > >bin/esearch.exu?fromMonth=A&fromYear=9&toMonth=A&toYear=9&post=
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> > >y=otterdad&keywords=sleep
> > >
> > > > Yours, OtterDad
> > >
> > >Kat
> > >
> > >
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