Sleep program execution in C for a few seconds

Question

How can I sleep or pause the program excecution by a few seconds in C? I'm looking for something like this that is used in Java:

Thread.sleep(interval);

Is possible do this using C ? Thanks in advance.

There is not really any suitable standard C function. You should use system-specific functions for this. In which case you have to tell us which system you are programming for. — Lundin, Oct 20 '15 at 12:01

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 20 '15 at 12:04

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main (void){

    sleep(3);

    return 0;
}

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answered Oct 20 '15 at 12:04

user · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-13T04:04:14.043

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Be careful that it works differently in Unix and Windows, whereas in one is measured in millisecs and in the other in secs.

edited Oct 13 '17 at 04:04

answered Oct 20 '15 at 12:06

user

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