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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: time.h and strptime()
To: hudginsj@smtp.dancooks.com (Jason Hudgins)
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 10:19:42 -0700 (MST)
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> Solaris and gnu's libc both have a strptime() function in the 
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> standard time.h header... Does freebsd have an equivalent anywhere
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> or will I need to hack one out if I want to use it.

This question would be easier to answer if you told it what it does.

If it returns a NULL given any time struct at all, you can use this:


#define	strptime(timeval)	NULL

I kind of doubt that's the behaviour you're looking for?

8-|


					Regards,
					Terry Lambert
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