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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers File format check Post 302249516 by MrC on Tuesday 21st of October 2008 01:37:38 PM
Old 10-21-2008
Right, >> is append, and > is replace.

The ternary operator is your friend in these simple cases. I started to use the ternary operator but then thought the OP might have more print lines or other operations necessary on either side of the condition, so gave way to the traditional if-then-else.
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ost::Time(3)						     Library Functions Manual						      ost::Time(3)

NAME
ost::Time - The Time class uses a integer representation of the current time. SYNOPSIS
#include <numbers.h> Inherited by ost::Datetime. Public Member Functions Time (time_t tm) Time (tm *dt) Time (char *str, size_t size=0) Time (int hour, int minute, int second) Time () virtual ~Time () long getValue (void) const int getHour (void) const int getMinute (void) const int getSecond (void) const char * getTime (char *buffer) const time_t getTime (void) const tm * getTime (tm *buf) const void setTime (char *str, size_t size=0) bool isValid (void) const operator long () String operator() () const Time & operator++ () Time & operator-- () Time & operator+= (const int val) Time & operator-= (const int val) int operator== (const Time &time) int operator!= (const Time &time) int operator< (const Time &time) int operator<= (const Time &time) int operator> (const Time &time) int operator>= (const Time &time) bool operator! () const Protected Member Functions void toSeconds (int hour, int minute, int second) void fromSeconds (char *buf) const virtual void update (void) Protected Attributes long seconds Friends Time operator+ (const Time &time1, const Time &time2) Time operator- (const Time &time1, const Time &time2) Time operator+ (const Time &time, const int val) Time operator- (const Time &time, const int val) Time operator+ (const int val, const Time &time) Time operator- (const int val, const Time &time) Detailed Description The Time class uses a integer representation of the current time. This is then manipulated in several forms and may be exported as needed. Author: Marcelo Dalmas mad@brasmap.com.br Integer based time class. Constructor &; Destructor Documentation ost::Time::Time (time_ttm) ost::Time::Time (tm *dt) ost::Time::Time (char *str, size_tsize = 0) ost::Time::Time (inthour, intminute, intsecond) ost::Time::Time () virtual ost::Time::~Time () [virtual] Member Function Documentation void ost::Time::fromSeconds (char *buf) const [protected] int ost::Time::getHour (void) const int ost::Time::getMinute (void) const int ost::Time::getSecond (void) const char* ost::Time::getTime (char *buffer) const time_t ost::Time::getTime (void) const tm* ost::Time::getTime (tm *buf) const long ost::Time::getValue (void) const bool ost::Time::isValid (void) const Reimplemented in ost::Datetime. ost::Time::operator long () [inline] bool ost::Time::operator! (void) const [inline] Reimplemented in ost::Datetime. int ost::Time::operator!= (const Time &time) String ost::Time::operator() () const Time& ost::Time::operator++ () Time& ost::Time::operator+= (const intval) Time& ost::Time::operator-- () Time& ost::Time::operator-= (const intval) int ost::Time::operator< (const Time &time) int ost::Time::operator<= (const Time &time) int ost::Time::operator== (const Time &time) int ost::Time::operator> (const Time &time) int ost::Time::operator>= (const Time &time) void ost::Time::setTime (char *str, size_tsize = 0) void ost::Time::toSeconds (inthour, intminute, intsecond) [protected] virtual void ost::Time::update (void) [protected], [virtual] Friends And Related Function Documentation Time operator+ (const Time &time1, const Time &time2) [friend] Time operator+ (const Time &time, const intval) [friend] Time operator+ (const intval, const Time &time) [friend] Time operator- (const Time &time1, const Time &time2) [friend] Time operator- (const Time &time, const intval) [friend] Time operator- (const intval, const Time &time) [friend] Member Data Documentation long ost::Time::seconds [protected] Author Generated automatically by Doxygen for GNU CommonC++ from the source code. GNU CommonC++ Sat Jun 23 2012 ost::Time(3)
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