To add to this answer: Executing the command (su ...) in the background and immediately wait ing for it can be useful when using set -e and writing conditions whose code should still have set …

What is the difference between a wait() and sleep() in Threads? Is my understanding that a wait() -ing Thread is still in running mode and uses CPU cycles but a sleep() -ing does not consume …

Dec 18, 2014 · If you use this command: start /B /WAIT "" "LongRunningTask.exe" "parameters" You will be able to run multiple instances of the bat and exe, while still waiting for the task to …

This function below doesn’t work like I want it to; being a JS novice I can’t figure out why. I need it to wait 5 seconds before checking whether the newState is -1. Currently, it doesn’t wait, i...

There are several ways of doing this, but why do you need to add a delay? If we knew then we'd be able to suggest the most appropriate way to do it.

Nov 13, 2009 · How to set delay in vbscript? WScript.Sleep(100) does not work on Windows XP, Vista.

May 17, 2014 · The wait system-call puts the process to sleep and waits for a child-process to end. It then fills in the argument with the exit code of the child-process (if the argument is not …

Oct 30, 2012 · 391 Wait and await - while similar conceptually - are actually completely different. Wait will synchronously block until the task completes. So the current thread is literally blocked …

613 I am trying to do something in Java and I need something to wait / delay for an amount of seconds in a while loop.

If you want a no busy wait for Lua for use in frames for videogames or applications, perhaps wxLua or other libraries may provide less resource craving sleep functions. The sleep function …