On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 06:52 -0700, David T. Perkins wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> Why not...
> 
> long get_uptime_in_sec(void)
> {
>     struct sysinfo info;
> 
>     if (sysinfo(&info) < 0 ) {
>         perror("getting uptime");
>         return -1;   /* TODO: maybe this should be 0 */
>     }
>     return info.uptime;
> }

D'oh!

I'm too used to returning a pointer to data,
and having to ensure that it remains valid
after the routine exits.

You're perfectly correct, of course.


Dave


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