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- StopWatch - Times Program Execution
- Version 1.01: June 7, 1986
-
- 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 1.01: June 6, 1986
- Datalight C Compiler Version
- Date: 06/07/86
- Command: dir /w
- Start time: 17:58:45
- Stop time: 17:58:47
- Elapsed time: 2.25 seconds
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