.\" Copyright (c) 1989 The Regents of the University of California. .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" %sccs.include.redist.man% .\" .\" @(#)clock.3 5.2 (Berkeley) %G% .\" .TH CLOCK 3 "" .AT 3 .SH NAME clock - determine processor time used .SH SYNOPSIS .nf #include clock_t clock() .fi .SH DESCRIPTION .I Clock returns the amount of processor time used since the process invocation, measured in .IR CLK_TCK 's. .PP On error, .I clock returns -1. .SH "SEE ALSO" getrusage(2)