On 8/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> All the functions in the libc do not show me nanosecond's precision. What
> they do is get a microsecond number and multiply it by 1000. So, I realized
> that it has to be that way because it's impossible to get a nanosecond's
> precison on a machine with a 2Ghz clock. The system needs more than a
> nanosecond to execute an instruction, so any nanosecond's precision, at
> leas on a 2Ghz machine, should be inaccurate. I'm just sharing what I've
> found.
>
> Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone who helped me with this question.
#include <time.h>
int clock_gettime(clockid_t clock_id, struct timespec *tp);
timespec.nv_nsec provides nanosecond resolution. Use CLOCK_REALTIME
for clock_id.
Regards
\Steve
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