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| author | rjohnson <rjohnson> | 1998-03-26 14:45:59 (GMT) |
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| committer | rjohnson <rjohnson> | 1998-03-26 14:45:59 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/doc/time.n b/doc/time.n new file mode 100644 index 0000000..19b99fb --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/time.n @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +'\" +'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California. +'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" +'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution +'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. +'\" +'\" SCCS: @(#) time.n 1.6 96/03/25 20:25:30 +'\" +.so man.macros +.TH time n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.BS +'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! +.SH NAME +time \- Time the execution of a script +.SH SYNOPSIS +\fBtime \fIscript\fR ?\fIcount\fR? +.BE + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.PP +This command will call the Tcl interpreter \fIcount\fR +times to evaluate \fIscript\fR (or once if \fIcount\fR isn't +specified). It will then return a string of the form +.CS +\fB503 microseconds per iteration\fR +.CE +which indicates the average amount of time required per iteration, +in microseconds. +Time is measured in elapsed time, not CPU time. + +.SH KEYWORDS +script, time |