[NTLUG:Discuss] time

[Kelledin]

On Thursday 29 May 2003 11:22 am, Fred James wrote:
> I am looking at "time", that is  TIME(1), and I cannot seem to
> get it to accept options or formats.  Even "time --help"
> returns "bash: --help: command not found".  Any clues, hints,
> or insights, would be much appreciated.

"date" is the standard UNIX command for setting the system time.  
It typically allows setting the time to a 0.01-second 
resolution.

Note that "date" doesn't actually commit anything to the hardware 
(RTC) clock.  Use "hwclock --systohc" to sync the RTC to the 
system time. ;)

"time" is the standard UNIX command for measuring the elapsed 
time of a command.

If you're running the bash shell, "time" is a shell keyword (it 
works somewhat like a shell builtin).  There's also a standalone 
utility by the same name; its source code can be found in 
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/time/

-- 
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does 
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