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diff --git a/manual/time.texi b/manual/time.texi index a410def3eb..7dff44f42c 100644 --- a/manual/time.texi +++ b/manual/time.texi @@ -237,12 +237,6 @@ million independent of the actual resolution. @end deftypevr @comment time.h -@comment POSIX.1 -@deftypevr Macro int CLK_TCK -This is an obsolete name for @code{CLOCKS_PER_SEC}. -@end deftypevr - -@comment time.h @comment ISO @deftp {Data Type} clock_t This is the type of the value returned by the @code{clock} function. @@ -306,15 +300,22 @@ these are the actual amounts of time; not relative to any event. @xref{Creating a Process}. @end deftp +@comment time.h +@comment POSIX.1 +@deftypevr Macro int CLK_TCK +This is an obsolete name for the number of clock ticks per second. Use +@code{sysconf (_SC_CLK_TCK)} instead. +@end deftypevr + @comment sys/times.h @comment POSIX.1 @deftypefun clock_t times (struct tms *@var{buffer}) The @code{times} function stores the processor time information for the calling process in @var{buffer}. -The return value is the calling process' CPU time (the same value you -get from @code{clock()}. @code{times} returns @code{(clock_t)(-1)} to -indicate failure. +The return value is the number of clock ticks since an arbitrary point +in the past, e.g. since system start-up. @code{times} returns +@code{(clock_t)(-1)} to indicate failure. @end deftypefun @strong{Portability Note:} The @code{clock} function described in |