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authortjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org>2002-06-20 07:07:00 +0000
committertjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org>2002-06-20 07:07:00 +0000
commit6fd22c72af18dd37f3453f326991f5b0243cc2ea (patch)
tree43c2a04fb444abecf0c018f9a28fd9dc7430a483 /usr.bin/time
parent4904f3db5c1311fa674ba2db44737ff1625bb7e7 (diff)
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Make it obvious that command line arguments may be specified for the utility
that is to be invoked on the command line. Use "utility" instead of "command" in manual page and usage message for consistency with POSIX.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/time')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/time/time.118
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/time/time.c3
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/time/time.1 b/usr.bin/time/time.1
index 0816738..414f112 100644
--- a/usr.bin/time/time.1
+++ b/usr.bin/time/time.1
@@ -43,27 +43,27 @@
.Op Fl al
.Op Fl h | Fl p
.Op Fl o Ar file
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility Op Ar argument ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility
executes and
times
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
by initiating a timer and passing the
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
to the
shell.
After the
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
finishes,
.Nm
writes to the standard error stream,
(in seconds):
the total time elapsed,
the time used to execute the
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
process and the time consumed by system overhead.
.Pp
Available options:
@@ -103,16 +103,16 @@ Consult the
manual page.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
If
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
could be timed successfully, its exit status is returned.
If
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
terminated abnormally, a warning message is output to stderr.
If the
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
was found but could not be run, the exit status is 126.
If no
-.Ar command
+.Ar utility
could be found at all, the exit status is 127.
If
.Nm
diff --git a/usr.bin/time/time.c b/usr.bin/time/time.c
index 89dbc73..88178a3 100644
--- a/usr.bin/time/time.c
+++ b/usr.bin/time/time.c
@@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ main(argc, argv)
static void
usage()
{
- fprintf(stderr, "usage: time [-al] [-h|-p] [-o file] command\n");
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "usage: time [-al] [-h|-p] [-o file] utility [argument ...]\n");
exit(1);
}
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