/***************************************************************************
* secho.c Copyright (C) 2009 by hashi NOVELTY WARE *
* unix shell tool substitute for echo "sexy echo" *
***************************************************************************/
/***************************************************************************
* yourshell$ cc secho.c -o secho && cp secho <path of executable dir>; *
***************************************************************************/
#define DELAY 15 /* This is the denominator of a fraction of a second. */
/* The original is 15 as in 1/15 of a second delay. */
/* Therefore a lower number is slower and zero is */
/* not an option here. A value of one here means */
/* the delay is one second. This would be ridiculous */
/* as such a delay could be scripted and a C program */
/* is a waste of time in this case. */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <time.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int x=0;
int y=0;
int ctr=0;
char* p=NULL;
clock_t split=0;
clock_t cpu_clocks=0;
if(argc>1){
for(x=1; x<argc; x++){
p=argv[x];
if(x>1){
putchar(' ');
fflush(stdout);
ctr++;
for(split=0; split<ctr; split=cpu_clocks/(CLOCKS_PER_SEC/DELAY))
cpu_clocks=clock();
}
for(y=0; y<strlen(p); y++){
putchar(*(p+y));
fflush(stdout);
ctr++;
for(split=0; split<ctr; split=cpu_clocks/(CLOCKS_PER_SEC/DELAY))
cpu_clocks=clock();
}
}
putchar('\n');
}
return 0;
}
Instead of spinlocking until time passes, why not use usleep?
i was looking for this function thanks for the tip had no idea what it was called thats why
cheers