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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to retrieve the current timestamp? Post 302515163 by mitr on Tuesday 19th of April 2011 09:35:56 AM
Old 04-19-2011
Thank you ..that worked !!
 

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tapset::timestamp(3stap)												  tapset::timestamp(3stap)

NAME
tapset::timestamp - systemtap timestamp tapset DESCRIPTION
Each timestamp function returns a value to indicate when a function is executed. These returned values can then be used to indicate when an event occurred, provide an ordering for events, or compute the amount of time elapsed between two time stamps. get_cycles Processor cycle count See function::get_cycles(3stap) for details. jiffies Kernel jiffies count See function::jiffies(3stap) for details. HZ Kernel HZ See function::HZ(3stap) for details. SEE ALSO
function::get_cycles(3stap), function::jiffies(3stap), function::HZ(3stap), stap(1), stapprobes(3stap) IBM
--- tapset::timestamp(3stap)
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