[ILUG] [OT] C time_elapsed function

[Padraig Brady]

Colm MacCarthaigh wrote:

> 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)


Feck that. It would be easier to write a simple kernel module
to export /proc/seconds_since_boot

Padraig.