NAME

times − get process times

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/times.h>

times(buffer)
struct tms ∗buffer;

DESCRIPTION

This interface is obsoleted by getrusage(2). 

Times returns time-accounting information for the current process and for the terminated child processes of the current process.  All times are in 1/HZ seconds, where HZ is 60. 

This is the structure returned by times:

/∗
 ∗ times.h --
 ∗
 ∗Structure returned by backwards compatible times()
 ∗      function.  Times() has been obsoleted by getrusage(2).
 ∗
 ∗ Copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California
 ∗ Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
 ∗ software and its documentation for any purpose and without
 ∗ fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
 ∗ notice appear in all copies.  The University of California
 ∗ makes no representations about the suitability of this
 ∗ software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without
 ∗ express or implied warranty.
 ∗
 ∗ $Header: /sprite/src/lib/include/sys/RCS/times.h,v 1.1 89/08/20 19:30:10 rab Exp $
 ∗/
 #ifndef _SYS_TIMES_H
#define _SYS_TIMES_H
  /∗
 ∗ Structure returned by times()
 ∗/
struct tms {
    time_t    tms_utime;          /∗ user time ∗/
    time_t    tms_stime;          /∗ system time ∗/
    time_t    tms_cutime;         /∗ user time, children ∗/
    time_t    tms_cstime;         /∗ system time, children ∗/
};
 #endif /∗ _SYS_TIMES_H ∗/
 

The children times are the sum of the children’s process times and their children’s times. 

SEE ALSO

time(1), getrusage(2), wait3(2), time(3)

Sprite version 1.0  —  May 9, 1985