[ILUG] [OT] C time_elapsed function

[Colm MacCarthaigh]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 06:28:44PM +0000, Padraig Brady wrote:
> This just gives the boot time (in seconds since 1970) as far
> as I can tell. Hence not what I want. I want the actual number
> of seconds elapsed since boot, and I can't use BOOT_TIME-time(0)
> as if the system date changes, this will be inaccurate.


oh yeah, sorry, the wtmp also keeps a record of clock skews,
flaged as OLD_TIME and NEW_TIME

man wtmp for more :o)

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