nanosleep() replacement Take 2

[Darren Tucker]

Ben Lindstrom wrote:
> Mostly -l was designed to allow people to restrict their scp so it does
> not take over their bandwidth (mainly dialup and low-end DSL).  The
> example was given was a long download that you don't care when it
> finishes, just you don't want to choke your small pipe while doing it.
> 
> So I doubt it being 100% perfect is a major deal on some platforms.

I know, but a major variance is an indication of some problem in the
nanosleep function and in future someone might use nanosleep where
timing matters.

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