gettimer(3) [osf1 man page]

gettimer(3)						     Library Functions Manual						       gettimer(3)

NAME

       gettimer - Gets value of a per-process timer

LIBRARY

       Standard C Library (libc.a)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/timers.h>

       int gettimer(	  timer_t timerid,	struct itimerspec *tp) ;

PARAMETERS

       Specifies the per-process timer to use; this value is obtained from a call to mktimer().  Points to an itimerspec structure.

DESCRIPTION

       The gettimer() function gets the current value of a per-process timer.

NOTES

       The  gettimer()	function  is  part  of the POSIX 1003.4 real-time extensions, which is not an approved standard.  As such, it is liable to
       change.	Trial use

RETURN VALUES

       Upon successful completion, the gettimer() function returns the value 0 (zero). Otherwise, the gettimer() function returns a  value  of	-1
       and sets errno to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       If the gettimer() function fails, errno may be set to the following value: The timerid parameter does not specify a known timer.

RELATED INFORMATION

       Functions: mktimer(2), reltimer(3), rmtimer(3) delim off

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NAME

       gettimer - get value of a per-process timer

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       The function returns an structure value to the argument.  The member of the structure represents the amount of time in the current interval
       before the timer expires for the timer specified in or zero if the timer is disabled.  The member has the  value  last  set  by	(see  rel-
       timer(3C)).  The members of are subject to the resolution of the timer (see mktimer(3C)).

       The behavior of this function is undefined if is NULL.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, returns zero; otherwise, it returns -1 and sets to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       fails if any of the following conditions are encountered:

	      [EINVAL]	  does not correspond to an ID returned by

	      [EIO]	  An error occurred while accessing the clock device.

FILES

SEE ALSO

       timers(2), timer_gettime(2), mktimer(3C), reltimer(3C), thread_safety(5).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

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