UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi guys, I am trying to find the command on solairs which can get the second since 1970-01-01.

On linux, we have command 'date %s', so what is for solaris?

I can not think of an existing command to display the raw number of seconds. I'm sure perl has something but it is not my forte. However, if you have a C compiler, here is a very simple program to give you what you want:

Code:

/*  esec.c - display seconds since 00:00:00 UTC, January 1, 1970  */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

int main ( void )
{
    return ( printf ("%d\n", time (NULL)) );
}

Compile the code and place somewhere in your path, say,

Code:

# gcc esec.c -o /usr/local/bin/esec

Not exactly what you're looking for, I know, but I'm a bit of a C-biased old timer. That is, don't have the utility? Then write it yourself!

Hi hegemar, thank you for your reply and your program!

I just figured out away which is much easier,

#perl -e 'print int(time)'

Have a good day!