From 320e90ef5aabc50f6bfb3d32b8cb95702a446d98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Cedilnik <andy.cedilnik@kitware.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:55:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ENH: Add a delay method

---
 Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx    | 9 +++++++++
 Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
index b81609966..b3b1e7a26 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.cxx
@@ -2100,6 +2100,15 @@ kwsys_stl::string SystemTools::FileExistsInParentDirectories(const char* fname,
   return "";
 }
 
+void SystemTools::Delay(unsigned int msec)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  Sleep(msec);
+#else
+  usleep(msec * 1000);
+#endif
+}
+
 // These must NOT be initialized.  Default initialization to zero is
 // necessary.
 unsigned int SystemToolsManagerCount;
diff --git a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in
index 1d148cacd..e2fee4550 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in
+++ b/Source/kwsys/SystemTools.hxx.in
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ public:
   static kwsys_stl::string FileExistsInParentDirectories(const char* fname,
     const char* directory, const char* toplevel);
 
+  /** Delay the execution for a specified amount of time specified in miliseconds */
+  static void Delay(unsigned int msec);
+
 protected:
   // these two functions can be called from ConvertToOutputPath
   /**