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man pages section 3: Curses Library Functions

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Updated: July 2017
 
 

delay_output(3XCURSES)

Name

delay_output - delays output

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... –I /usr/xpg4/include –L /usr/xpg4/lib \
–R /usr/xpg4/lib –lcurses [ library... ]

c89 [ flag... ] file... –lcurses [ library... ]
 
#include <curses.h>

int delay_output(int ms);

Description

The delay_output() function delays output for ms milliseconds by inserting pad characters in the output stream.

Parameters

ms

Is the number of milliseconds to delay the output.

Return Values

On success, the delay_output() function returns OK. Otherwise, it returns ERR.

Errors

None.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability
Committed
MT-Level
Unsafe
Standard

See Also

libcurses(3XCURSES), napms(3XCURSES), attributes(5), standards(5)