On %M 0, Wayne Topa wrote > > 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? >
You are running the bash built-in command 'time'. Try running /usr/bin/time instead. Watch out for other conflicts between built-ins and real commands: if you run csh on some systems, nohup and /usr/bin/nohup have significantly different behaviour. Good luck, John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark