[djohnson]

Does anyone know if there is a pause or wait function in objective-c? I can find nothing in the Hillegass Cocoa book...

[techtrucker]

Check out NSTimer, might fit your needs.

[djohnson]

Originally posted by techtrucker:
Check out NSTimer, might fit your needs.

I use NSTimer, it is not really what I need. I need something that will pause without huge cpu usage, ie no for loops.

[qyn]

You can use the standard C sleep function:

Code:
sleep(5);  // sleep for 5 seconds

(In the terminal, type "man 3 sleep" for documentation.)

You can also use the slightly more complicated nanosleep() function ("man 2 nanosleep").

[djohnson]

doh! I forgot it was sleep... thanks!