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diff --git a/doc/clock.n b/doc/clock.n index 168d0c0..ed3daa9 100644 --- a/doc/clock.n +++ b/doc/clock.n @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ '\" '\" Copyright (c) 1992-1995 Karl Lehenbauer and Mark Diekhans. '\" Copyright (c) 1995-1997 Sun Microsystems, Inc. +'\" Copyright (c) 1998-1999 Scriptics Corporation '\" '\" This documentation is derived from the time and date facilities of '\" TclX, by Mark Diekhans and Karl Lehenbauer. @@ -8,10 +9,10 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: clock.n,v 1.3 1999/08/09 16:30:35 hobbs Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: clock.n,v 1.4 1999/09/21 04:20:35 hobbs Exp $ '\" .so man.macros -.TH clock n 7.4 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.TH clock n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME @@ -28,12 +29,16 @@ time. The \fIoption\fR argument determines what action is carried out by the command. The legal \fIoptions\fR (which may be abbreviated) are: .TP -\fBclock clicks\fR +.VS 8.3 +\fBclock clicks\fR ?\fB\-milliseconds\fR? Return a high-resolution time value as a system-dependent integer value. The unit of the value is system-dependent but should be the highest resolution clock available on the system such as a CPU cycle -counter. This value should only be used for the relative measurement +counter. If \fB\-milliseconds\fR is specified, then the value is +guaranteed to be of millisecond granularity. +This value should only be used for the relative measurement of elapsed time. +.VE 8.3 .TP \fBclock format \fIclockValue\fR ?\fB\-format \fIstring\fR? ?\fB\-gmt \fIboolean\fR? Converts an integer time value, typically returned by |