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author | tjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-06-20 07:07:00 +0000 |
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committer | tjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-06-20 07:07:00 +0000 |
commit | 6fd22c72af18dd37f3453f326991f5b0243cc2ea (patch) | |
tree | 43c2a04fb444abecf0c018f9a28fd9dc7430a483 /usr.bin | |
parent | 4904f3db5c1311fa674ba2db44737ff1625bb7e7 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-6fd22c72af18dd37f3453f326991f5b0243cc2ea.zip FreeBSD-src-6fd22c72af18dd37f3453f326991f5b0243cc2ea.tar.gz |
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')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/time/time.1 | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/time/time.c | 3 |
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); } |