RTEMS 4.10.1 On-Line Library

General Commands time - time command execution

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2.2.11: time - time command execution

SYNOPSYS:

time command [argument ...]

DESCRIPTION:

The time command executes and times a command. After the command finishes, time writes the total time elapsed. Times are reported in seconds.

EXIT STATUS:

This command returns 0 on success and non-zero if an error is encountered.

NOTES:

None.

EXAMPLES:

The following is an example of how to use time:

SHLL [/] $ time cp -r /nfs/directory /c

CONFIGURATION:

This command is included in the default shell command set. When building a custom command set, define CONFIGURE_SHELL_COMMAND_TIME to have this command included.

This command can be excluded from the shell command set by defining CONFIGURE_SHELL_NO_COMMAND_TIME when all shell commands have been configured.

PROGRAMMING INFORMATION:

The time is implemented by a C language function which has the following prototype:

int rtems_shell_rtems_main_time(
  int    argc,
  char **argv
);

The configuration structure for the time has the following prototype:

extern rtems_shell_cmd_t rtems_shell_TIME_Command;

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