# no need for shebang - this file is included from other scripts # this function is used to sleep a fraction of a second # it calculates the difference between every time is called # and tries to align the sleep time to give you exactly the # loop you need. LOOPSLEEP_DATE="$(which date)" if [ -z "$LOOPSLEEP_DATE" ] then echo >&2 "$0: ERROR: Cannot find the command 'date' in the system path." exit 1 fi LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTRUN=0 LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTSLEEP=0 LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTWORK=0 LOOPSLEEPMS_HIGHRES=1 test "$($LOOPSLEEP_DATE +%N)" = "%N" && LOOPSLEEPMS_HIGHRES=0 now_ms= current_time_ms() { # if high resolution is not supported # just sleep the time requested, in seconds if [ $LOOPSLEEPMS_HIGHRES -eq 0 ] then now_ms="$($LOOPSLEEP_DATE +'%s')000" else now_ms="$(( $( $LOOPSLEEP_DATE +'%s * 1000 + %-N / 1000000' ) ))" fi } loopsleepms() { local tellwork=0 t="$1" div s m now mstosleep if [ "$t" = "tellwork" ] then tellwork=1 shift t="$1" fi div="${2-100}" # $t = the time in seconds to wait # if high resolution is not supported # just sleep the time requested, in seconds if [ $LOOPSLEEPMS_HIGHRES -eq 0 ] then sleep $t return fi # get the current time, in ms # milliseconds since epoch (1-1-1970) now="$(( $( $LOOPSLEEP_DATE +'%s * 1000 + %-N / 1000000' ) ))" # calculate required sleep in ms t=$((t * 1000 * div / 100)) # this is our first run # just wait the requested time test $LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTRUN -eq 0 && LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTRUN=$now # calculate ms since last run LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTWORK=$((now - LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTRUN - LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTSLEEP)) # echo "# last loop's work took $LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTWORK ms" # calculate ms to sleep mstosleep=$(( t - LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTWORK )) # echo "# mstosleep is $mstosleep ms" # if we are too slow, sleep some time test $mstosleep -lt 200 && mstosleep=200 s=$((mstosleep / 1000)) m=$((mstosleep - (s * 1000))) test $tellwork -eq 1 && echo >&2 " >>> PERFORMANCE >>> WORK TOOK $LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTWORK ms ( $((LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTWORK * 100 / 1000)).$((LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTWORK % 10))% cpu ) >>> SLEEPING $mstosleep ms" # echo "# sleeping $s.$m" # echo sleep $s.$m # keep the values we need # for our next run LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTRUN=$now LOOPSLEEPMS_LASTSLEEP=$mstosleep }