Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!dsacg1!dsacg3!ntm1569 From: ntm1569@dsacg3.UUCP (Jeff Roth) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: time command? Message-ID: <1339@dsacg3.UUCP> Date: 15 Feb 89 15:47:22 GMT References: <2129@ndsuvax.UUCP> Distribution: usa Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus Lines: 22 From article <2129@ndsuvax.UUCP>, by nukim@ndsuvax.UUCP (kyongsok kim): > When I executed "time" command under "csh", I got seven entries. > The man page of time and csh explains only the first four entries. > I would like to know what the remaining three entries mean [....] Questioner asked for email reply, but answer may be of wider interest. > ndsuvax-102 % time wc news.list > 375 385 6157 news.list > 0.0u 0.0s 0:00 66% 8+18k 2+3io 1pf+0w > ????? ????? ?????? ^ ^ ^ | | |__ took one page fault & wasn't swapped | |____ did 2 reads and 3 writes |_____ on average used 8K text, 18K data The csh man page describes time output in the section on "predefined and environment variables." Also worth a look: getrusage(2). -- Jeff Roth (osu-cis!dsacg1!jroth) 614-238-9421 (Autovon 850-9421) From the Internet: jroth%dsacg1.uucp@daitc.arpa US Defense Logistics Agency I speak for myself