# <sleep>

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

A task for sleeping a specified period of time, useful when a build or deployment process requires an interval between tasks.

### Parameters

Attribute | Type | Description | Required
--- | --- | --- | ---
hours | int | Hours to add to the sleep time. | False
milliseconds | int | Milliseconds to add to the sleep time. | False
minutes | int | Minutes to add to the sleep time. | False
seconds | int | Seconds to add to the sleep time. | False
failonerror | bool | Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true. | False
if | bool | If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true. | False
unless | bool | Opposite of `if`. If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false. | False
verbose | bool | Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false. | False

### Examples

- Sleep 1 hour, 2 minutes, 3 seconds and 4 milliseconds.

                  <sleep hours="1" minutes="2" seconds="3" milliseconds="4" />

- Sleep 123 milliseconds.

                  <sleep milliseconds="123" />

### Requirements

Assembly: NAnt.Core (0.91.3881.0)