Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 13:50:03 +0000 (UTC) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-releng@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r185705 - in releng/7.1/lib/libc: . gen string Message-ID: <200812061350.mB6Do3mV095984@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: keramida (doc committer) Date: Sat Dec 6 13:50:03 2008 New Revision: 185705 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/185705 Log: MFC: r185519 The times(3) function returns the number of CLK_TCKs since the startup time of FreeBSD, not since the UNIX Epoch. PR: docs/122359 Submitted by: Viktor Štujber Approved by: re (kib) Modified: releng/7.1/lib/libc/ (props changed) releng/7.1/lib/libc/gen/times.3 releng/7.1/lib/libc/string/ffsll.c (props changed) releng/7.1/lib/libc/string/flsll.c (props changed) Modified: releng/7.1/lib/libc/gen/times.3 ============================================================================== --- releng/7.1/lib/libc/gen/times.3 Sat Dec 6 13:48:11 2008 (r185704) +++ releng/7.1/lib/libc/gen/times.3 Sat Dec 6 13:50:03 2008 (r185705) @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)times.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dd December 1, 2008 .Dt TIMES 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -52,9 +52,13 @@ The .Fn times function returns the value of time in .Dv CLK_TCK Ns 's -of a second since -0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal -Time. +of a second since the system startup time. +The current value of +.Dv CLK_TCK , +the frequency of the statistics clock in ticks per second, may be +obtained through the +.Xr sysconf 3 +interface. .Pp It also fills in the structure pointed to by .Fa tp @@ -131,6 +135,7 @@ and .Xr getrusage 2 , .Xr gettimeofday 2 , .Xr wait 2 , +.Xr sysconf 3 , .Xr clocks 7 .Sh STANDARDS The
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