timercmp (3)
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NAME
timeradd, timersub, timercmp, timerclear, timerisset - timeval operationsSYNOPSIS
#include <sys/time.h> void timeradd(struct timeval *a, struct timeval *b, struct timeval *res); void timersub(struct timeval *a, struct timeval *b, struct timeval *res); void timerclear(struct timeval *tvp); int timerisset(struct timeval *tvp); int timercmp(struct timeval *a, struct timeval *b, CMP);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
All functions shown above: _BSD_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
The macros are provided to operate on timeval structures, defined in <sys/time.h> as:
struct timeval {
time_t tv_sec; /* seconds */
suseconds_t tv_usec; /* microseconds */
};
timeradd()
adds the time values in
a
and
b,
and places the sum in the
timeval
pointed to by
res.
The result is normalized such that
res->tv_usec
has a value in the range 0 to 999,999.
timersub()
subtracts the time value in
b
from the time value in
a,
and places the result in the
timeval
pointed to by
res.
The result is normalized such that
res->tv_usec
has a value in the range 0 to 999,999.
timerclear()
zeros out the
timeval
structure pointed to by
tvp,
so that it represents the Epoch: 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 (UTC).
timerisset()
returns true (nonzero) if either field of the
timeval
structure pointed to by
tvp
contains a nonzero value.
timercmp()
compares the timer values in
a
and
b
using the comparison operator
CMP,
and returns true (nonzero) or false (0) depending on
the result of the comparison.
Some systems (but not Linux/glibc),
have a broken
timercmp()
implementation,
in which
CMP
of
>=,
<=,
and
==
do not work;
portable applications can instead use
!timercmp(..., <)
!timercmp(..., >)
!timercmp(..., !=)