1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/sleep.c b/coreutils/sleep.c
index 126665839..7bfaab920 100644
--- a/coreutils/sleep.c
+++ b/coreutils/sleep.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * time suffixes for seconds, minutes, hours, and days.
  */
 //config:config SLEEP
-//config:       bool "sleep (1.7 kb)"
+//config:       bool "sleep (2 kb)"
 //config:       default y
 //config:       help
 //config:       sleep is used to pause for a specified number of seconds.
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ int sleep_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         if (!*argv)
                 bb_show_usage();
 
+        /* GNU sleep accepts "inf", "INF", "infinity" and "INFINITY" */
+        if (strncasecmp(argv[0], "inf", 3) == 0)
+                for (;;)
+                        sleep(INT_MAX);
+
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_FANCY_SLEEP
 # if ENABLE_FLOAT_DURATION
         /* undo busybox.c setlocale */