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A-Shell Reference

Added November 2025

xcall SLEEP, seconds

SLEEP puts the job to sleep for the specified amount of time. Seconds may be fractional, down to a theoretical precision of .0001 seconds. There is no maximum.

Parameters

seconds  (Num)  [in]

Number of seconds to sleep.

See Also

SLEEP ASB statement
Xcall WAKNO to wake up a sleeping job.
SLEEPR.LIT to sleep until a specified time.