> fiddle% date -u > Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT 1970 > fiddle% cat /dev/time > 0 0 0 > 1 fiddle% > fiddle% # wait a few seconds > fiddle% cat /dev/time > 0 0 0 > 1 fiddle%
what's especially wrong about this is that /bin/time is supposed to have 4 fields: ; cat /dev/time;echo 1249390400 1249390400255704909 10724776694552845 2000102324 ; do you have something funny bound on /dev? - erik