In Linux it returns a time value and return code of 0:
tom@LinuxPC:~/Downloads$ ./timetest
return value 10452
errno 0
Success
tom@LinuxPC:~/Downloads$ ./timetest
return value 14048
errno 0
Success
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Inglis <brian.ing...@systematicsw.ab.ca>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2019 02:45 PM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Bug in TIME function
On 2019-09-12 12:05, tl...@twcny.rr.com wrote:
> The code below returns -1. It shouldn't.
> #include <sys/times.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
> printf("return value %ld\n", (long)times((struct tms*)0));
> return 0;
> }
It should.
The times(3) function requires a pointer to object storage to return the
results which are its function.
An invalid pointer to object storage is an error, requiring -1 be returned and
errno set.
You should also print errno and strerror(errno).
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