Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have found a problem when using the time command. From the man page > -o FILE, --output=FILE > -a, --append > > So the command 'time -a -o log makebzImage' should log the time used > to compile the kernel (in this example) to the file 'log'. What is > does instead is : bash: -a: command not found Then reports the time > when the compile completes. Nothing is appended to the log file. > > the man page example: > > The man page example: time -f "%E real,%U user,%S sys" ls -Fs > returns: > bash: -f: command not found > > real 0m0.015s > user 0m0.000s > sys 0m0.020s > > My question is, is this a problem version of bash I have installed, > or is the time program slink installs just not working as advertised? > > bash -version > GNU bash, version 2.01.1(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu) > > %uname -a > Linux mtntop 2.2.6 #21 Thu Apr 22 14:03:47 EDT 1999 i686 unknown > > Could someone running Potato with bash 2.02.1-1.3, see if the same > thing happens there?
I'm running potato with bash 2.02.1-1.4 and time 1.7-4. I get the same result you do. I tried substituting --format for -f, and got essentially the same result: bob:vc-p1:bob>time --format "%E real,%U user,%S sys" ls -Fs bash: --format: command not found real 0m0.010s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.000s Bob -- _ |_) _ |_ Robert D. Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_) (_) |_) Palm City, FL USA PGP Key ID: A8E40EB9