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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst index e48ecd9..a107c66 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst @@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ Available commands are: (:option:`-A ... <cmake -A>`). The value is a list of platforms known to be supported. ``extraGenerators`` - A list of strings with all the extra generators compatible with + A list of strings with all the :ref:`Extra Generators` compatible with the generator. ``fileApi`` @@ -1080,11 +1080,18 @@ Available commands are: situations instead. Use ``--`` to stop interpreting options and treat all remaining arguments as paths, even if they start with ``-``. -.. option:: sleep <number>... +.. option:: sleep <number> .. versionadded:: 3.0 - Sleep for given number of seconds. + Sleep for ``<number>`` seconds. ``<number>`` may be a floating point number. + A practical minimum is about 0.1 seconds due to overhead in starting/stopping + CMake executable. This can be useful in a CMake script to insert a delay: + + .. code-block:: cmake + + # Sleep for about 0.5 seconds + execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E sleep 0.5) .. option:: tar [cxt][vf][zjJ] file.tar [<options>] [--] [<pathname>...] @@ -1189,7 +1196,7 @@ Available commands are: .. option:: time <command> [<args>...] - Run command and display elapsed time. + Run ``<command>`` and display elapsed time (including overhead of CMake frontend). .. versionadded:: 3.5 The command now properly passes arguments with spaces or special characters |