usr/src/lib/libc/gen/times.3

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.TH TIMES 3C ""
.UC 4
.SH NAME
times \- get process times
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B "#include <sys/types.h>
.B "#include <sys/times.h>
.PP
.B times(buffer)
.B struct tms *buffer;
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.ft B
This interface is obsoleted by getrusage(2).
.ft R
.PP
.I Times
returns time-accounting information
for the current process
and for the terminated child processes
of the current process.
All times are in 1/HZ seconds, where HZ is 60.
.PP
This is the structure returned by
.IR times :
.PP
.nf
.so /usr/include/sys/times.h
.PP
.fi
The children times are the sum
of the children's process times and
their children's times.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
time(1), getrusage(2), wait3(2), time(3)