% bup-tick(1) Bup 0.27 % Avery Pennarun apenwarr@gmail.com % 2015-04-26
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.