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doc/sh-utils.texi

@@ -3059,6 +3059,10 @@ hours
 days
 @end table
 
+Historical implementations of @code{sleep} have required that
+@var{number} be an integer.  However, GNU @code{sleep} accepts
+arbitrary floating point numbers.
+
 The only options are @samp{--help} and @samp{--version}.  @xref{Common
 options}.
 

m4/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-01-02  Jim Meyering  <meyering@ascend.com>
+
+	* search-libs.m4: Escape `$' in $3 of dnl comment.  I no longer
+	remember if this is necessary.
+
 1999-12-26  Jim Meyering  <meyering@ascend.com>
 
 	* jm-macros.m4: Use it here.

m4/search-libs.m4

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#serial 2
+#serial 3
 
 dnl A replacement for autoconf's macro by the same name.  This version
 dnl uses `ac_lib' rather than `i' for the loop variable, but more importantly
-dnl moves the ACTION-IF-FOUND ($3) into the inner `if'-block so that it is
+dnl moves the ACTION-IF-FOUND ([$]3) into the inner `if'-block so that it is
 dnl run only if one of the listed libraries ends up being used (and not in
 dnl the `none required' case.
 dnl I hope it's only temporary while we wait for that version to be fixed.

old/sh-utils/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-01-02  Jim Meyering  <meyering@ascend.com>
+
+	* Version 2.0a.
+
 1999-12-26  Jim Meyering  <meyering@ascend.com>
 
 	* lib/nanosleep.c (nanosleep): New file.

old/sh-utils/NEWS

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 Changes in release 2.1
  [2.0a]
 * sleep accepts floating point arguments on command line
-* sleep continues sleeping after being suspended and continued
+* sleep's clock continues counting down when sleep is suspended
+* when a suspended sleep process is resumed, it continues sleeping if
+  there is any time remaining
 * who once again prints whatever host information it has, even without --lookup
 Changes in release 2.0
 * disable stty tests (otherwise they fail) when `make check' is run via rsh

src/sleep.c

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* sleep - delay for a specified amount of time.
-   Copyright (C) 84, 1991-1997, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 84, 1991-1997, 1999-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    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
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ usage (int status)
       printf (_("\
 Usage: %s NUMBER[SUFFIX]...\n\
   or:  %s OPTION\n\
-Pause for NUMBER seconds.\n\
-SUFFIX may be s for seconds (the default), m for minutes,\n\
-h for hours or d for days.\n\
+Pause for NUMBER seconds.  SUFFIX may be `s' for seconds (the default),\n\
+`m' for minutes, `h' for hours or `d' for days.  Unlike most implementations\n\
+that require NUMBER be an integer, here NUMBER may be an arbitrary floating\n\
+point number.\n\
 \n\
   --help      display this help and exit\n\
   --version   output version information and exit\n\