Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:27:11 +0530 From: Shantanu Mahajan <shantanoo@ieee.org> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time Problem in 5.0 Message-ID: <20030429045711.GA635@dhumketu.homeunix.net> In-Reply-To: <200304280940.40131.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <20030424202635.GA652@dhumketu.homeunix.net> <20030428090723.GA580@dhumketu.homeunix.net> <200304280940.40131.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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+++ Bill Moran [28-04-03 09:40 -0400]: | On Monday 28 April 2003 05:07 am, Shantanu Mahajan wrote: | > +++ Shantanu Mahajan [freebsd] [25-04-03 01:56 +0530]: | > | Hi! | > | I am useing 5.0R. | > | | > | > date;sleep 1;date | > | | > | Fri Apr 25 01:53:44 IST 2003 | > | Fri Apr 25 01:53:46 IST 2003 | > | | > | | > | I am not able to figure out the problem. any | > | comments? | > | > Here are few more examples. | > | > > date;sleep 5;date | > | > Mon Apr 28 14:13:45 IST 2003 | > Mon Apr 28 14:13:55 IST 2003 | > | > > date;sleep 10;date | > | > Mon Apr 28 14:14:26 IST 2003 | > Mon Apr 28 14:14:46 IST 2003 | > | > > date;sleep 15;date | > | > Mon Apr 28 14:15:24 IST 2003 | > Mon Apr 28 14:15:54 IST 2003 | > | > | > Now, I started the timer simultaneously and found | > out that "sleep 5" give me dalay of 5 sec. properly. | > | > Maybe there is problem with date? | > Should I file a pr? | > | > (The machine used is *desktop* machine and don't | > have any load) | | I ran the exact same tests on my newly installed 5.0 | workstation and got the results expected (i.e. sleep 5 | actually waited 5 seconds). | | Perhaps it's not sleep, but your clock on your PC | that is the problem. If you time the sleep command | (with a stopwatch, for example) does it sleep for 5 | or 10 seconds? Is the clock on your PC actually | keeping reliable (or close) time? using stopwatch, I get 5s delay with sleep 5. But date command shows me 10s delay | | -- | Bill Moran | Potential Technologies | http://www.potentialtech.com Regards, Shantanu -- An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.
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