Hi Andreas.  I hope you don't mind my nitpickiness, but ...

On 10/16/2012 06:28 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Michael J Gruber <g...@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
> 
>> Some test want to use the time command (not the shell builtin) and test
>> for its availability at /usr/bin/time.
> 
> An alternative way to suppress the builtin meaning is to quote it, like
> \time.
>
... to be 100% precise, this quoting trick works because 'time' is a
shell keyword, rather than a builtin:

    $ type time
    time is a shell keyword

Regards,
  Stefano
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