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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-07-09 20:25:04 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2007-07-09 20:25:04 +0000 |
| commit | e5056894879d7053f0d406994e966a8496665ff5 (patch) | |
| tree | c3bed5dfec731b1a602bcf95b4a7ea0b9f66f467 /man3/clock.3 | |
| parent | a9b4ebbc8f99cd01f77f909ef7c93f9dbae47b5c (diff) | |
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diff --git a/man3/clock.3 b/man3/clock.3 index 7fa24b7f..de24b0e3 100644 --- a/man3/clock.3 +++ b/man3/clock.3 @@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ to get the number of seconds used, divide by .BR CLOCKS_PER_SEC . If the processor time used is not available or its value cannot be represented, the function returns the value -.BR (clock_t)\-1 . +.IR (clock_t)\-1 . .SH "CONFORMING TO" C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001. -POSIX requires that CLOCKS_PER_SEC equals 1000000 independent +POSIX requires that +.B CLOCKS_PER_SEC +equals 1000000 independent of the actual resolution. .SH NOTES The C standard allows for arbitrary values at the start of the program; @@ -57,7 +59,8 @@ at the start of the program to get maximum portability. .PP Note that the time can wrap around. On a 32-bit system where -CLOCKS_PER_SEC equals 1000000 this function will return the same +.B CLOCKS_PER_SEC +equals 1000000 this function will return the same value approximately every 72 minutes. .PP On several other implementations, |