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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2 b/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2 index d248adf8cb5..bb9d00213d1 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/gettimeofday.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: gettimeofday.2,v 1.18 2010/04/01 11:28:49 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: gettimeofday.2,v 1.19 2010/04/01 17:06:55 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -124,7 +124,12 @@ A user other than the superuser attempted to set the time. .Xr getitimer 2 , .Xr ctime 3 , .Xr timed 8 -.Sh WARNINGS +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn gettimeofday +function call appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . +.Sh CAVEATS Setting the time with .Fn settimeofday is dangerous; if possible use @@ -132,7 +137,7 @@ is dangerous; if possible use instead. Many daemon programming techniques utilize time-delta techniques using the results from -.Xr gettimeofday 2 +.Fn gettimeofday instead of from .Xr clock_gettime 2 on the @@ -140,8 +145,3 @@ on the clock. Time jumps can cause these programs to malfunction in unexpected ways. If the time must be set, consider rebooting the machine for safety. -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Fn gettimeofday -function call appeared in -.Bx 4.2 . |