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[ILUG] Somewhat silly question...

[ILUG] Somewhat silly question...

kevin lyda kevin+dated+1111337723.655911 at ie.suberic.net
Tue Mar 15 16:55:08 GMT 2005


On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 03:09:18PM +0000, Colm MacCarthaigh wrote:
> > mike     pts/6    172.16.38.95      8:20am  5:28m  0.19s  0.07s  runcbl
> > 
> > If I have an idle time of 5:28m, I assume that means an idle time of five
> > minutes and 28 seconds, not an idle time of five hours and 28 minutes?
> No it means hours and minutes. An easy way to confirm this is to
> run it a few times a few seconds apart and see if the number of seconds
> increments as you would expect.

that's how i've always figured it out but it's less than ideal.  the
0.19s means 0 seconds and 19 tenths of a second.  5:28m means 5 hours
and 28 sixtieths of an hour.  i think 5h28m would be clearer.

kevin

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  as torture are enablers, if not collaborators.  --Bob Herbert, 2/11/04



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