NAME

sleep_unit -- sleep for a given time and flush graphics pipeline

PROTOTYPE

unitptr sleep_unit( float fWaitSecs, unitptr uHost)

ARGUMENTS

float fWaitSecs
time to wait
unitptr uHost
host unit

RETURN VALUE:

A pointer to the created unit or NULL in the case of an error.

INTERFACE OF CREATED UNIT:

X_in[0]:
(input field 0) time in secs to wait (initialized with fWaitSecs )

EXECUTION OF CREATED UNIT:

waits a given nr of seconds (at input field 0). When any graphics is in use and the specified time is nonnegative, the unit will also flush the graphics pipeline before the wait. If this is undesired, specify a negative time span t<0; in this case, the graphics flush will be omitted and the unit will wait for the time -t>0.

FILE

/amnt/loge/users/nistaff02/nistaff/rhaschke/nst7/man/../o.linux//../nstsrc/nst_misc.c