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- StopWatch - Program Execution Timer
- Version 2.0.0: June 18, 1990
-
- Author: Don A Williams
- CompuServ - 75410,543
- GEnie - DON-WILL
-
-
- ********************* NOTICE ************************
- * Contrary to the current trend in MS-DOS software *
- * this program, for whatever it is worth, is NOT *
- * copyrighted (with the exception of the runtime *
- * library from the C compiler)! The program, in *
- * whole or in part, may be used freely in any *
- * fashion or environment desired. If you find this *
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- * improvements, I would enjoy receiving a copy of *
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- *******************************************************
-
-
- StopWatch is a program that can be used to time the execution
- of other programs. It uses the BIOS timer which has a resolution
- of ~55 milliseconds and should be accurate to at least .1
- seconds.
-
-
- USAGE:
-
- There are two formats for the StopWatch command:
-
- STOP <any command WITHOUT I/O redirection>
- and
- STOP <"any command with I/O redirection">
-
- The angle brackets ('<' and '>') are not actually entered,
- however, the quotes in form 2 must be entered.
-
-
- EXAMPLES:
-
- 1) STOP DIR *.*
-
- This StopWatch command would time the execution of the
- PC/MS-DOS DIR command.
-
- 2) STOP "TRIM 0 <STOPWTCH.C >STOPWTCH.C"
-
- This StopWatch command would time the execution of the
- TRIM filter which uses I/O redirection.
-
- 3) STOP "TRIM 0 <STOPWTCH.C >STOPWTCH.C" >TIME
-
- This StopWatch command is the same as that in 2) except
- that the StopWatch output is redirected to the file TIME.
-
-
- OUTPUT:
-
- The output of StopWatch shows the date of execution (from the
- system date), the command that was executed, the start time for
- execution of the command (from the system time of day), the end
- time of the execution, and the elapsed time (from the BIOS time).
- The following is an example of the output of the StopWatch
- command for an execution of DIR:
-
-
- StopWatch - Version 2.0.0: June 18, 1990
- Turbo C++ 1.0 Compiler Version
- Date: 06/18/1990
- Command: dir
- Start time: 4:50:36
- Stop time: 4:50:36
- Elapsed time: 00.50 seconds
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