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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Busybox utility routines.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 by Tito Ragusa <tito-wolit@tiscali.it>
+ *
+ * Licensed under the GPL v2, see the file LICENSE in this tarball.
+ */
+
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+void bb_do_delay(int seconds)
+{
+	time_t start, now;
+
+	time(&start);
+	now = start;
+	while (difftime(now, start) < seconds) {
+		sleep(seconds);
+		time(&now);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+Local Variables:
+c-file-style: "linux"
+c-basic-offset: 4
+tab-width: 4
+End:
+*/