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Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:14:36 -0700
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On 2019-09-13 12:11, Wayne Davison wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 4:27 AM wrote:
>> In Linux [times()] returns a time value and return code of 0:
> 
> The Linux man page for times() mentions this special behavior, how it
> isn't portable, and even advises against using the function:
> 
> "On Linux, the buf argument can be specified as NULL, with the result
> that times() just returns a function result. However, POSIX does not
> specify this behavior, and most other UNIX implementations require a
> non-NULL value for buf."

Ah, so it is a documented extension in Linux, after all. In that case,
Cygwin should support it.

> One might argue that it would be nice to emulate the Linux behavior,
> but it's not required by POSIX.

Cygwin's explicit motto is "Get that Linux feeling --- on Windows";
and a tiny part of the Linux feeling is that times(NULL) works.


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