Subject: Re: Time Command error in Slink?
Date: Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 02:31:13PM -0600
In reply to:Gary L. Hennigan
Quoting Gary L. Hennigan([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> 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.
>
> "time" is also a Bash builtin command. To use the utility you're
> trying to get at specify the entire path, e.g., on a slink system,
> /usr/bin/time.
Doh! :-( That was it alright! Time command works if used with the
complete path!
Thanks to Gary and Christopher for pointing out, so nicely, that I
should pull my head out. Sheesh, sorry about the waste of bandwidth guys.
Forest for the trees!
--
Just about every computer on the market today runs Unix, except the Mac
(and nobody cares about it).
-- Bill Joy 6/21/85
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Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
