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.\" (c) 1993 by Thomas Koenig (ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)
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.\" License.
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.\" Modified Sat Jul 24 21:27:01 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.\" Modified 14 Jun 2002, Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" Added notes on differences from other Unix systems with respect to
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.\" waited-for children.
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.TH CLOCK 3 2002-06-14 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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clock \- Determine processor time
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <time.h>
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.sp
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.B clock_t clock(void);
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR clock ()
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function returns an approximation of processor time used by the program.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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The value returned is the CPU time used so far as a
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.IR clock_t ;
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to get the number of seconds used, divide by
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.BR CLOCKS_PER_SEC .
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If the processor time used is not available or its value cannot
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be represented, the function returns the value
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.IR (clock_t)\ \-1 .
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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C89, C99, POSIX.1-2001.
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POSIX requires that
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.B CLOCKS_PER_SEC
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equals 1000000 independent
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of the actual resolution.
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.SH NOTES
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The C standard allows for arbitrary values at the start of the program;
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subtract the value returned from a call to
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.BR clock ()
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at the start of the program to get maximum portability.
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.PP
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Note that the time can wrap around.
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On a 32-bit system where
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.B CLOCKS_PER_SEC
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equals 1000000 this function will return the same
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value approximately every 72 minutes.
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.PP
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On several other implementations,
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the value returned by
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.BR clock ()
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also includes the times of any children whose status has been
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collected via
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.BR wait (2)
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(or another wait-type call).
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Linux does not include the times of waited-for children in the
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value returned by
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.BR clock ().
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.\" I have seen this behavior on Irix 6.3, and the OSF/1, HP/UX, and
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.\" Solaris manual pages say that clock() also does this on those systems.
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.\" POSIX.1-2001 doesn't explicitly allow this, nor is there an
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.\" explicit prohibition. -- MTK
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The
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.BR times (2)
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function, which explicitly returns (separate) information about the
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caller and its children, may be preferable.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR getrusage (2),
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.BR times (2)
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