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- NAME
-
- TimeCmd 1.0 (17.02.95)
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- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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- This program is Copyright © Ralph Seichter, all rights reserved. You are
- allowed to use it freely and copy it, as long as you don't charge money for
- giving away copies. You must not modify the distribution archive.
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- PURPOSE / USAGE
-
- After the LZX archiver by Data Compression Technologies was released, a
- friend of mine phoned me and asked if I know of a tool that can be used to
- measure the precise execution time of shell commands. As I didn't know of
- such a beast, I decided to write one myself, although I'm quite certain
- that there are numerous similar tools out there, somewhere. Anyway, here's
- what to do:
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- instead of 1> foo opt1 opt2 opt3
- simply type 1> TimeCmd foo opt1 opt2 opt3
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- You'll see the output of 'foo' in the shell window, followed by a line
- of text like "» 4.489200 seconds". Guess what that stands for. :) TimeCmd
- uses the timer.device for maximum accuracy, but as this is a multitasking
- OS, the results will probably vary. Run TimeCmd several times if you want
- to make sure that the measured time interval is as accurate as possible.
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- OS 2.x or better.
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- DISCLAIMER
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- This material is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either
- express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including without limitation
- any implied warranties of noninfringement, merchantability and fitness for
- a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the use, results, and
- performance of this material is assumed by you and if the product should
- prove to be defective, you assume the entire cost of all necessary
- servicing, repair, or other remediation.
-