Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 21:54:43 -0600 (MDT) From: Dave Andersen <angio@aros.net> To: rkw@dataplex.net (Richard Wackerbarth) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help -- Stupid "C" question. Message-ID: <199510270354.VAA27065@terra.aros.net> In-Reply-To: <v02130500acb5df16dbb7@[199.183.109.242]> from "Richard Wackerbarth" at Oct 26, 95 07:05:19 pm
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Lo and behold, Richard Wackerbarth once said: > main () { > printf("It is now %s\n", ctime(time())); > }; > > The last one gave an answer, the rest core dumped. > > What should I use? Time requires a NULL argument to be passed to it. The return value from time(NULL) is an integer, whereas ctime() requires a pointer to a long int. Do something like long int thetime; thetime = time(NULL); printf("It is now %s\n", ctime(&thetime)); -Dave Andersen -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual/ "She totally confused all the passing piranhas"
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