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From: yahoo@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Kenneth L Moore)
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Subject: Re: time command
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Date: 12 Apr 90 18:29:52 GMT
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In article <3556@zorba.Tynan.COM> drich@klaatu.lanl.gov (David Rich) writes:
=>I've not run across a reasonable description of
=>the output of the time command in unix doc that
=>I've seen.  What do these numbers mean? In general,
=>what do they say about an application?
=>
=>e.g., 46.6u 1.8s 0:50 96% 0+1716k 5+0io 13pf+0w
=>
=>Dave (dor@lanl.gov)
=>--
=>David Rich
=>Military Systems Analysis Group (A-5)
=>MS F602
=>Los Alamos National Laboratory
=>Los Alamos, NM 87545
=>
=>Phone: (505) 665-0726
=>Email: dor@lanl.gov

Funny you should post this... Just today I tried to track down an
explaination. The man on time says see man csh and the csh man 
tells you nothing.

I would like to know the answer, too.


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