osf1 man page for gettimer

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

																       gettimer(3)