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author | des <des@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-07-27 16:54:05 +0000 |
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committer | des <des@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-07-27 16:54:05 +0000 |
commit | 9ac87e4b580e02b3a3dfcc2bdfd9641631106037 (patch) | |
tree | 60a141b07fd6503e6f196d75284d08186803dd3e /usr.bin/time/time.1 | |
parent | e2204441eadb14707e637171586f75c771f51eb8 (diff) | |
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Behave like GNU time. More cleanup. Reword man page.
Pointed out by: Bruce Evans
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/time/time.1')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/time/time.1 b/usr.bin/time/time.1 index a3f805f..1c8bb77 100644 --- a/usr.bin/time/time.1 +++ b/usr.bin/time/time.1 @@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ .Nd time command execution .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm -.Op Fl a Ar file -.Op Fl o Ar file .Op Fl l +.Op Fl a +.Op Fl o Ar file .Ar command .Sh DESCRIPTION The @@ -68,25 +68,25 @@ process. .Pp Available options: .Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Fl a Ar file -Append the output of -.Nm -to -.Ar file -instead of writing to stderr. +.It Fl l +The contents of the +.Em rusage +structure are printed as well. +.It Fl a +If the +.Fl o +flag is used, append to the specified file rather than overwriting +it. Otherwise, this option has no effect. .It Fl o Ar file Write the output to .Ar file instead of stderr. If .Ar file -exists, then -.Nm -will overwrite the file if its permissions allow it. -.It Fl l -The contents of the -.Em rusage -structure are printed as well. +exists and the +.Fl a +flag is not specified, the file will be overwritten. .El +.Sh NOTES .Pp The .Xr csh 1 @@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ is available as to .Xr csh users. -.Sh NOTES The output of .Nm can be directed to standard output by specifying |