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- From: aldavi01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu (Arlie Davis)
- Subject: Re: How to avoid calling time(2)
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:41:39 GMT
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- gcody@gandalf.ca (Gord Cody) writes:
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- > How about this. Each process attaches to a small shared memory
- > segment when they start. 1 process has an alarm go off every
- > second, it does the time() call and updates the shared memory.
- > Whenever any other process requires the time, it simply uses the
- > shared memory value. No setuid required, or running as root, or
- > touching of /unix or /de/kmem required. Have a nice day :)
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- You're kidding, right?
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