On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:17, Pavlin Radoslavov <[email protected]> wrote: > Victor Faion <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thank you for the help, the embed_*() and extract_*() functions are >> working. I use embed_8() on each character of the string. I don't >> understand when (or if) I need to use the alignment functions in >> AlignData. When I receive the packet now I just use the extract_*() >> functions and everything seems to be aligned. > > You don't need AlignData. That class is used only in the FEA when we > need to deal with certain system struct types when they are aligned > with data buffers. > >> A sort of related question, I was trying to put a timestamp in a >> packet using TimeVal::sec(). To test the time functions I just did >> this: >> >> TimeVal now; >> TimerList::system_gettimeofday(&now); >> XLOG_INFO("Time is %s", now.pretty_print().c_str()); >> >> But when I run this I get something like this: >> >> Time is Thu Apr 6 08:23:07 1972 >> >> even though the system clock is set right and date gives the right >> time. Am I using these functions in the wrong way? > > You shouldn't use TimerList::system_gettimeofday() to print > the current time. > Depending on the OS, TimerList::system_gettimeofday() might call > either clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC) or gettimeofday(2) > (the former is preferred). > If it is the former, then you get the monotonic time since some > unspecified starting point in the past. > > If you really want to print the current time then you can use > xlog_localtime2string() function from libxorp (you must include > header file "libxorp/xlog.h"). > > Regards, > Pavlin >
Cheers, that works for me :-) Victor _______________________________________________ Xorp-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ICSI.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/xorp-hackers
