Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Thu May 20 05:37:58 UTC 2010
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man3: timeval.3
Log Message:
Note clock_gettime(2) in the example.
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Index: src/share/man/man3/timeval.3
diff -u src/share/man/man3/timeval.3:1.9 src/share/man/man3/timeval.3:1.10
--- src/share/man/man3/timeval.3:1.9 Wed May 19 13:41:39 2010
+++ src/share/man/man3/timeval.3 Thu May 20 05:37:58 2010
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: timeval.3,v 1.9 2010/05/19 13:41:39 tsutsui Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: timeval.3,v 1.10 2010/05/20 05:37:58 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd May 19, 2010
+.Dd May 20, 2010
.Dt TIMEVAL 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -171,15 +171,17 @@
{
struct timeval elapsed;
- _DIAGASSERT(spec != NULL);
-
(void)gettimeofday(&elapsed, NULL);
+ _DIAGASSERT(spec != NULL);
TIMEVAL_TO_TIMESPEC(&elapsed, spec);
/* Add the offset for timeout in minutes. */
spec->tv_sec = spec->tv_sec + minutes * 60;
}
.Ed
+.Pp
+A better alternative would use the more precise
+.Xr clock_gettime 2 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr timeradd 3
