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diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/time.3 b/lib/libc/gen/time.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..241494a --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/gen/time.3 @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the American National Standards Committee X3, on Information +.\" Processing Systems. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)time.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd July 18, 2003 +.Dt TIME 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm time +.Nd get time of day +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In time.h +.Ft time_t +.Fn time "time_t *tloc" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn time +function +returns the value of time in seconds since 0 hours, 0 minutes, +0 seconds, January 1, 1970, Coordinated Universal Time. +If an error occurs, +.Fn time +returns the value +.Po Vt time_t Pc Ns \-1 . +.Pp +The return value is also stored in +.No \&* Ns Va tloc , +provided that +.Va tloc +is non-null. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn time +function may fail for any of the reasons described in +.Xr gettimeofday 2 . +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr gettimeofday 2 , +.Xr ctime 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +function conforms to +.St -p1003.1-2001 . +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Fn time +function appeared in +.At v6 . +.Sh BUGS +Neither +.St -isoC-99 +nor +.St -p1003.1-2001 +requires +.Fn time +to set +.Va errno +on failure; thus, it is impossible for an application to distinguish +the valid time value \-1 (representing the last UTC second of 1969) +from the error return value. +.Pp +Systems conforming to earlier versions of the C and +.Tn POSIX +standards (including older versions of +.Fx ) +did not set +.No \&* Ns Va tloc +in the error case. |