NAME

times − get process times

SYNOPSIS

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

times(buffer)
struct tms \(**buffer;

DESCRIPTION

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 either 50 or 60 depending on your locality. 

This is the structure returned by times:

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

SEE ALSO

time(1), time(2), vtimes(2)

ASSEMBLER (PDP-11)

(times = 43.) 
sys times; buffer

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