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SLEEP

Description:

SLEEP hibernates the edit session for a period of time. SLEEP suspends the edit session for the amount of time passed in the only parameter. If an integer is used, SLEEP will suspend the edit session for that many seconds. A string can also be passed in VAX/VMS time format "DD HH:MM:SS.HH". The string "1 2:0:10.33" represents 1 day, 2 hours, 0 minutes, 10 seconds, and 33 hundredths of a second.

Syntax:

SLEEP ( {integer | string } )

Example:

SLEEP ("0:1:0.0");

Errors:

TPU$_INVTIME Bad time format.