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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION Pause until TIMEPOINT. TIMEPOINT is the number of seconds since Epoch, in UTC but not accounting for leap seconds, - by default. If CLOCKNAME is specifed, TIMEPOINT is the + by default. If CLOCKNAME is specified, TIMEPOINT is the number of seconds since the zerotime of that clock. TIMEPOINT may be an arbitrary floating point number. Pause is continued when interrupted. @@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ DESCRIPTION * CLOCK_BOOTTIME * CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM * CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM - Note that the neither course clocks, CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW - (the proper implementation of a monotonic clock), and - CLOCK_TAI does not work. + Note that the neither the coarse clocks, CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW + (the proper implementation of a monotonic clock), nor + CLOCK_TAI work. RATIONALE - Previously, the best wait to sleep until a specific time + Previously, the best way to sleep until a specific time was to use date, sleep, and arithmetics in Bash. This is - very inconvenient, and only allows sleep over a monotonic + very inconvenient, and only allows sleep on a monotonic clock. - This progam was written so that the author could combine + This program was written so that the author could combine it with mplayer to construct a custom alarm clock. SEE ALSO |