From:	Alex Vinokur <alexvn AT bigfoot DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Getting system time used
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:35:15 +0200
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Alex Vinokur wrote:
>
> > The only field of  struct rusage is computed is DJGPP :
> >    struct timeval ru_utime;  /* total time used by process */
> >
> > How can we get total _system_ time used?
>
> DOS/Windows don't let DJGPP programs get at this kind of info.  In order
> to implement this functionality, one should modify __dpmi_int, which is a
> gateway to all system calls, so that it peeks at the system clock before
> and after the call, and accumulates the results.
>
> Would you like to volunteer to do that?

Thanks. Perhaps, it might be of interest to me. Unfortunately, I currently
have no time to do so serious work.
By the way, how many volunteers are developing DJGPP for DOS/Windows?
What are projects (improving) to be developed in the near future?

>
>
> > For instance, in UNIX
> > http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?getrusage+3
> > struct rusage contains the fields
> >    struct timeval ru_utime;/* user time used */
> >    struct timeval ru_stime;/* system time used */
>
> On Unix systems, getrusage() talks to the OS kernel and gets the info
> directly from the OS.  So life is muche easier on Unix.

Yes, it is.

> No such luxury
> on DOS/Windows...

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