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- From: miller@cogsci.ucsd.EDU (Jeff Miller)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Wait without loading CPU?
- Message-ID: <1557@cogsci.ucsd.EDU>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 03:34:57 GMT
- Organization: University of California, San Diego
- Lines: 18
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- I need to put a "wait" command in a .bat file (DOS box)
- or in a .cmd file (OS/2 box). The idea is just to let
- some time elapse (e.g., 2 minutes) before going
- on to the next command. The key problem is that the
- "wait" command should put AS LITTLE LOAD AS POSSIBLE
- on the CPU.
-
- I tried writing a little REXX script that checked the
- time, but this puts too much load on the CPU.
-
- If anyone has any suggestions on how to do this,
- for either DOS or OS/2 boxes, I'd appreciate hearing
- about it.
-
- Thank you,
-
- Jeff Miller
- jomiller@ucsd.edu
-