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Date: | Thu, 29 Feb 1996 07:25:16 -0800 (GMT) |
From: | Orlando Andico <oandico AT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph> |
To: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
cc: | Erik Luijten <erik AT tntnhb3 DOT tn DOT tudelft DOT nl>, djgpp <djgpp AT delorie DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: time measurement in protected mode? |
In-Reply-To: | <Pine.SUN.3.91.960228140643.12328B-100000@is> |
Message-ID: | <Pine.SOL.3.91.960229072411.505A-100000@gollum> |
MIME-Version: | 1.0 |
On Wed, 28 Feb 1996, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > clock() doesn't switch to real mode (it just peeks at a certain address > in the BIOS data area). If you need to measure time for longer than 24 > hours, you can augment clock() with gettimeofday() (which you can then > call once every 24 hours or so). > What about alarm() ? what method does this function use to get the time? and setitimer () ? ------------------------ Orlando A. Andico oandico AT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph ------------------------
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