In message <00d501c22dc4$57d08b00$0200a8c0@twothousand>, "Andrei
Cojocaru" writ
es:
> I was asking around in #freebsdhelp on EFNet what the equivalent of
> GetTickCount() in the Win32 API is in FreeBSD.
>
> I need a way to properly determine passage of time that is not affected if I
> change the system clock for example. The only way I'm aware that you can do
> that is by counting the number of clock cycles since system startup. What
> function does that in FreeBSD? I'd also like a Linux way if possible. (that
> is a way that will work across all UNIX clones). Thanks and please include
> my email in the reply directly since I'm not signed up to this mailing list.
> Thanks once again.
How about time(3)?
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