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$NetBSD: patch-aa,v 1.1.1.1 2004/05/27 21:52:46 reed Exp $
--- time.info.orig 2004-04-30 12:16:05.573682624 -0700
+++ time.info 2004-04-30 12:16:10.970862128 -0700
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-This is Info file ./time.info, produced by Makeinfo-1.55 from the input
-file time.texi.
+This is time.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.6 from time.texi.
+
+INFO-DIR-SECTION Individual utilities
+START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
+* time: (time). Report resource utilization.
+END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
This file documents the the GNU `time' command for running programs
and summarizing the system resources they use.
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@
* Resource Measurement:: Measuring program resource use.
- -- The Detailed Node Listing --
+ --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
Measuring Program Resource Use
@@ -55,17 +59,17 @@
Measuring Program Resource Use
******************************
- The `time' command runs another program, then displays information
+The `time' command runs another program, then displays information
about the resources used by that program, collected by the system while
the program was running. You can select which information is reported
-and the format in which it is shown (*note Setting Format::.), or have
+and the format in which it is shown (*note Setting Format::), or have
`time' save the information in a file instead of displaying it on the
-screen (*note Redirecting::.).
+screen (*note Redirecting::).
The resources that `time' can report on fall into the general
categories of time, memory, and I/O and IPC calls. Some systems do not
provide much information about program resource use; `time' reports
-unavailable information as zero values (*note Accuracy::.).
+unavailable information as zero values (*note Accuracy::).
The format of the `time' command is:
@@ -105,8 +109,8 @@
Setting the Output Format
=========================
- `time' uses a "format string" to determine which information to
-display about the resources used by the command it runs. *Note Format
+`time' uses a "format string" to determine which information to display
+about the resources used by the command it runs. *Note Format
String::, for the interpretation of the format string contents.
You can specify a format string with the command line options listed
@@ -144,7 +148,7 @@
The Format String
=================
- The "format string" controls the contents of the `time' output. It
+The "format string" controls the contents of the `time' output. It
consists of "resource specifiers" and "escapes", interspersed with
plain text.
@@ -174,7 +178,7 @@
The resource specifiers, which are a superset of those recognized by
the `tcsh' builtin `time' command, are listed below. Not all resources
are measured by all versions of Unix, so some of the values might be
-reported as zero (*note Accuracy::.).
+reported as zero (*note Accuracy::).
* Menu:
@@ -299,20 +303,20 @@
Redirecting Output
==================
- By default, `time' writes the resource use statistics to the
-standard error stream. The options below make it write the statistics
-to a file instead. Doing this can be useful if the program you're
-running writes to the standard error or you're running `time'
-noninteractively or in the background.
+By default, `time' writes the resource use statistics to the standard
+error stream. The options below make it write the statistics to a file
+instead. Doing this can be useful if the program you're running writes
+to the standard error or you're running `time' noninteractively or in
+the background.
`-o FILE'
`--output=FILE'
Write the resource use statistics to FILE. By default, this
- *overwrites* the file, destroying the file's previous contents.
+ _overwrites_ the file, destroying the file's previous contents.
`-a'
`--append'
- *Append* the resource use information to the output file instead
+ _Append_ the resource use information to the output file instead
of overwriting it. This option is only useful with the `-o' or
`--output' option.
@@ -384,11 +388,11 @@
Accuracy
========
- The elapsed time is not collected atomically with the execution of
-the program; as a result, in bizarre circumstances (if the `time'
-command gets stopped or swapped out in between when the program being
-timed exits and when `time' calculates how long it took to run), it
-could be much larger than the actual execution time.
+The elapsed time is not collected atomically with the execution of the
+program; as a result, in bizarre circumstances (if the `time' command
+gets stopped or swapped out in between when the program being timed
+exits and when `time' calculates how long it took to run), it could be
+much larger than the actual execution time.
When the running time of a command is very nearly zero, some values
(e.g., the percentage of CPU used) may be reported as either zero (which
@@ -417,7 +421,7 @@
Running the `time' Command
==========================
- The format of the `time' command is:
+The format of the `time' command is:
time [option...] COMMAND [ARG...]
@@ -437,7 +441,7 @@
`-a'
`--append'
- *Append* the resource use information to the output file instead
+ _Append_ the resource use information to the output file instead
of overwriting it.
`-f FORMAT'
@@ -462,17 +466,17 @@

Tag Table:
-Node: Top934
-Node: Resource Measurement1725
-Node: Setting Format3678
-Node: Format String4907
-Node: Time Resources6214
-Node: Memory Resources6844
-Node: I/O Resources7549
-Node: Command Info8747
-Node: Redirecting8964
-Node: Examples9754
-Node: Accuracy12064
-Node: Invoking time13586
+Node: Top1054
+Node: Resource Measurement1847
+Node: Setting Format3794
+Node: Format String5020
+Node: Time Resources6323
+Node: Memory Resources6953
+Node: I/O Resources7658
+Node: Command Info8856
+Node: Redirecting9073
+Node: Examples9860
+Node: Accuracy12170
+Node: Invoking time13689

End Tag Table