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bup-tick(1) bup-tick(1)

bup-tick - wait for up to one second

bup tick

bup tick waits until time(2) returns a different value than it originally did. Since time() has a granularity of one second, this can cause a delay of up to one second.

This program is useful for writing tests that need to ensure a file date will be seen as modified. It is slightly better than sleep(1) since it sometimes waits for less than one second.

$ date; bup tick; date
Sat Feb  6 16:59:58 EST 2010
Sat Feb  6 16:59:59 EST 2010
    

Part of the bup(1) suite.

Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>.

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