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From: nanook@eskimo.celestial.com (Robert Dinse)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: comp_t
Keywords: Accounting, comp_t, funny floats...
Message-ID: <512@eskimo.celestial.com>
Date: 28 Apr 91 10:55:31 GMT
Organization: ESKIMO NORTH (206) 367-3837 SEATTLE WA.
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     I am trying to write a program that looks at system accounting data
and figures out what programs use how much CPU time.

     The file has a structure that has several items in a data type
"comp_t", which is packed into an unsigned short (16 bits). The
comments say:

	/* 13-bit fraction, 3-bit exponent */

     This is on a Tandy 6000 running Xenix 3.02.01.

     Can anybody tell me how to turn this funny 16-bit float into an
interger number? This is used for CPU time in clock ticks.