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@chapter Clock Manager

@section Introduction

The clock manager ...

The directives provided by the clock manager are:

@itemize @bullet
@item @code{clock_gettime} - Obtain Time of Day
@item @code{clock_settime} - Set Time of Day
@item @code{clock_getres} - Get Clock Resolution
@item @code{sleep} - Delay Process Execution
@item @code{nanosleep} - Delay with High Resolution
@item @code{gettimeofday} - Get the Time of Day
@item @code{time} - Get time in seconds
@end itemize

@section Background

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@section Operations

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@section Directives

This section details the clock manager's directives.
A subsection is dedicated to each of this manager's directives
and describes the calling sequence, related constants, usage,
and status codes.

@subsection clock_gettime -Obtain Time of Day

@findex clock_gettime
@cindex obtain time of day

@subheading CALLING SEQUENCE:

@example
#include <time.h>

int clock_gettime(
  clockid_t clock_id,
  struct timespec *tp
);
@end example

@subheading STATUS CODES:

On error, this routine returns -1 and sets errno to one of the following:

@table @b
@item EINVAL
The tp pointer parameter is invalid.

@item EINVAL
The clock_id specified is invalid.
@end table

@subheading DESCRIPTION:

@subheading NOTES:

NONE

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@subsection clock_settime - Set Time of Day

@findex clock_settime
@cindex  set time of day

@subheading CALLING SEQUENCE:

@example
#include <time.h>

int clock_settime(
  clockid_t clock_id,
  const struct timespec *tp
);
@end example

@subheading STATUS CODES:

On error, this routine returns -1 and sets errno to one of the following:

@table @b
@item EINVAL
The tp pointer parameter is invalid.

@item EINVAL
The clock_id specified is invalid.

@item EINVAL
The contents of the tp structure are invalid.

@end table

@subheading DESCRIPTION:

@subheading NOTES:

NONE

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@subsection clock_getres - Get Clock Resolution

@findex clock_getres
@cindex  get clock resolution

@subheading CALLING SEQUENCE:

@example
#include <time.h>

int clock_getres(
  clockid_t clock_id,
  struct timespec *res
);
@end example

@subheading STATUS CODES:

On error, this routine returns -1 and sets errno to one of the following:

@table @b
@item EINVAL
The res pointer parameter is invalid.

@item EINVAL
The clock_id specified is invalid.

@end table

@subheading DESCRIPTION:

@subheading NOTES:

If res is NULL, then the resolution is not returned.

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@subsection sleep - Delay Process Execution

@findex sleep
@cindex  delay process execution

@subheading CALLING SEQUENCE:

@example
#include <time.h>

unsigned int sleep(
  unsigned int seconds
);
@end example

@subheading STATUS CODES:

This routine returns the number of unslept seconds.

@subheading DESCRIPTION:

The @code{sleep()} function delays the calling thread by the specified
number of @code{seconds}.

@subheading NOTES:

This call is interruptible by a signal.

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@subsection nanosleep - Delay with High Resolution

@findex nanosleep
@cindex  delay with high resolution

@subheading CALLING SEQUENCE:

@example
#include <time.h>

int nanosleep(
  const struct timespec *rqtp,
  struct timespec *rmtp
);
@end example

@subheading STATUS CODES:

On error, this routine returns -1 and sets errno to one of the following:

@table @b
@item EINTR
The routine was interrupted by a signal.

@item EAGAIN
The requested sleep period specified negative seconds or nanoseconds.

@item EINVAL
The requested sleep period specified an invalid number for the nanoseconds
field.

@end table

@subheading DESCRIPTION:

@subheading NOTES:

This call is interruptible by a signal.

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@subsection gettimeofday - Get the Time of Day

@findex gettimeofday
@cindex  get the time of day

@subheading CALLING SEQUENCE:

@example
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int gettimeofday(
  struct timeval *tp,
  struct timezone *tzp
);
@end example

@subheading STATUS CODES:

On error, this routine returns -1 and sets @code{errno} as appropriate.

@table @b
@item EPERM
@code{settimeofdat} is called by someone other than the superuser.

@item EINVAL
Timezone (or something else) is invalid.

@item EFAULT
One of @code{tv} or @code{tz} pointed outside your accessible address
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@end table

@subheading DESCRIPTION:

This routine returns the current time of day in the @code{tp} structure.

@subheading NOTES:

Currently, the timezone information is not supported. The @code{tzp}
argument is ignored.

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@subsection time - Get time in seconds

@findex time
@cindex  get time in seconds

@subheading CALLING SEQUENCE:

@example
#include <time.h>

int time(
  time_t *tloc
);
@end example

@subheading STATUS CODES:

This routine returns the number of seconds since the Epoch.

@subheading DESCRIPTION:

@code{time} returns the time since 00:00:00 GMT, January 1, 1970,
measured in seconds

If @code{tloc} in non null, the return value is also stored in the
memory pointed to by @code{t}.

@subheading NOTES:

NONE