start=$(date +%s) ... stuff happens ... end=$(date +%s) elaps=$(( end - start ))
Just thinking about eliminating the finger counting that time may do. My experience with time is that some time floats between user and sys on different runs that have an equal real time. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page