If you need to do something in a loop, you can use something like this:

let $1=1000;
while ($1)
{
 # execute your statements here
 dec $1;
}

To sleep between statements, use the sleep command. It supports fractions of a second. For example, sleep 1.3; sleeps 1.3 seconds.

Try not to use sleep or real_sleep commands more than necessary. The more of them there are, the slower the test suite becomes. In some cases, heavy reliance on sleep operations is an indicator that the logic of a test should be reconsidered.

Some test cases depend on being run on local storage, and may fail when run on remote storage such as a network share. For example, if the test result can be affected by differences between local and remote filesystem times, the expected result might not be obtained. Failure of these test cases under such circumstances does not indicate an actual malfunction. It is not generally possible to determine whether tests are being run on local storage.