You're probably using the bash-built-in "time" command. "emerge sys-process/time" will get you the actual GNU time program.
Niall Moran wrote: > Hi, > > Im trying to write some scripts to record some times for creating > graphs. Im trying to use the time command and have it output to a > file. In the man page it gives details of how one can use the -o and > -a switches to output to and append to a file. However the utility > does not seem to recognise these switches. It does mention that these > are GNU options but I thought the version I had was the GNU version. > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Niall > > Below is the output I get when trying > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ time -a -o log ls > -bash: -a: command not found > > real 0m0.001s > user 0m0.000s > sys 0m0.001s > > > Below is the relevent section of the man page for time > > -o FILE, --output=FILE > Do not send the results to stderr, but overwrite the > specified file. > > -a, --append > (Used together with -o.) Do not overwrite but append. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- GPG key UID: 0xCED35690 GPG key fingerprint: 1243 C87E 521C 3A0A 3121 C4D6 5A10 AABE CED3 5690
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