Cheers, I was using the bash builtin. Got it working now. Thanks alot it was really driving me demented !
Niall On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 16:30:11 +0100, Frank Schafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 10:09 -0500, Dave Nebinger wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > You may find it easier to use /usr/bin/date in your scripts...... > > > > Date won't give him the same stats as time (time shows the different usage > > of kernel & user times, etc.). > > > > For the OP, the man page is probably from the generic man pages ebuild, but > > the time you have is probably the built-in shell version (verify by typing > > "which time" and you'll probably get the 'no time in ...' response). > > > > You can find the gnu version of time at > > http://www.gnu.org/software/time/time.html. > > > > ... or, as stated earlier ``emerge sys-apps/time''. :) > > dunno if I remember right (I've deleted early posts of this thread.) > If one wants to append rather than overwrite a file she needs to > > $ time -ao outputfile command -a -r -g -s > > instead of > > $ time -a outputfile command -a -r -g -s > > or > > $ time -af formatstring -o outputfile command -a -r -g -s > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
