Michael C. Toren on 4 May 2004 04:49:02 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] perl question


On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 09:29:20PM -0700, Marc Zucchelli wrote:
> Is there a way to grab a more accurate time, then the time function
> provides?  Perhaps providing milliseconds?  Also, is there a way to
> "sleep" for a unit less than a second?  Thank you!

The Time::HiRes module on CPAN should be able to assist you with both
problems.  Alternatively, to sleep for less than one second you can use
the select() function; see "perldoc -f select".

-mct
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