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+/* sleep-me.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Simone Piccardi
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ */
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * File sleep-me.c: An example on how NOT to wait for a time...
+ * thanks to M.E. for suggesting it (for serious) some time ago in the
+ * FLUG (Firenze Linux User Group) mailing list
+ *
+ * Author: S. Piccardi Jan. 2012
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+#include <sys/types.h> /* primitive system data types */
+#include <sys/stat.h> /* file characteristics constants and functions */
+#include <unistd.h> /* unix standard library */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/*
+ * Program sleep-me.c
+ *
+ * Wait for N second (burning CPU...)
+ */
+/* Help printing routine */
+void usage(void);
+/* computation function for dir_scan */
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ time_t now, end;
+ int i, wait=0;
+ /*
+ * Input section: decode command line parameters
+ * Use getopt function
+ */
+ opterr = 0; /* don't want writing to stderr */
+ while ( (i = getopt(argc, argv, "h")) != -1) {
+ switch (i) {
+ /*
+ * Handling options
+ */
+ case 'h': /* help option */
+ printf("Wrong -h option use\n");
+ usage();
+ return -1;
+ break;
+ case '?': /* unrecognized options */
+ printf("Unrecognized options -%c\n",optopt);
+ usage();
+ default: /* should not reached */
+ usage();
+ }
+ }
+ /* ***********************************************************
+ *
+ * Options processing completed
+ *
+ * Main code beginning
+ *
+ * ***********************************************************/
+ if ((argc - optind) != 1) { /* There must be remaing parameters */
+ printf("Wrong number of arguments %d\n", argc - optind);
+ usage();
+ }
+ printf("I will burn CPU for %s seconds\n", argv[1]);
+ wait = atoi(argv[1]);
+ printf("wait %d sec.\n", wait);
+ if (wait != 0) {
+ end = time(NULL)+ wait;
+ } else {
+ usage();
+ }
+ printf("now %d, end %d sec.\n",now, end);
+ now = time(NULL);
+ while (now < end) {
+ now = time(NULL);
+ }
+ exit(0);
+}
+/*
+ * routine to print usage info and exit
+ */
+void usage(void) {
+ printf("Program sleep-me: wait burning CPU cicles \n");
+ printf("Usage:\n");
+ printf(" sleep-me [-h] -t sec \n");
+ printf(" -t sec wait sec seconds\n");
+ printf(" -h print this help\n");
+ exit(1);
+}