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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2013/man3p/gettimeofday.3p b/man-pages-posix-2013/man3p/gettimeofday.3p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b0a449a --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2013/man3p/gettimeofday.3p @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ +'\" et +.TH GETTIMEOFDAY "3P" 2013 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. + +.SH NAME +gettimeofday +\(em get the date and time +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <sys/time.h> +.P +int gettimeofday(struct timeval *restrict \fItp\fP, void *restrict \fItzp\fP); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +\fIgettimeofday\fR() +function shall obtain the current time, expressed as seconds and +microseconds since the Epoch, and store it in the +.BR timeval +structure pointed to by +.IR tp . +The resolution of the system clock is unspecified. +.P +If +.IR tzp +is not a null pointer, the behavior is unspecified. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +The +\fIgettimeofday\fR() +function shall return 0 and no value shall be reserved to indicate +an error. +.SH ERRORS +No errors are defined. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +None. +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +Applications should use the +\fIclock_gettime\fR() +function instead of the obsolescent +\fIgettimeofday\fR() +function. +.SH RATIONALE +None. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +The +\fIgettimeofday\fR() +function may be removed in a future version. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "\fIclock_getres\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIctime\fR\^(\|)" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2008, +.IR "\fB<sys_time.h>\fP" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +(This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the +event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.unix.org/online.html . + +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |