Herbert Georg wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to use the command "time" to access information about a job, > but without success. > The man page tells me that I can use options to time, like: > > time -o output-file command command-args > time -v command command-args > time --help > > but nothing of this works. All I get is (in the last example): > > bash: --help: command not found > > real 0m0.001s > user 0m0.000s > sys 0m0.000s > > I get the same thing in all option cases. > > Why doesn't it accept any option, and keep interpreting the options as > the commands?
Interesting thread here. I summarized and added some new information in a blog post on my Daemon blog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/archives/000873.html -- Jonathan Arnold (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) Daemon Dancing in the Dark, an Open OS weblog: http://freebsd.amazingdev.com/blog/ UNIX is user-friendly. It's just a bit picky about who its friends are. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
