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.TH STRELAPSED 3

.SH NAME

strelapsed \- parse elapsed time expression

.SH SYNOPSIS

.L "unsigned long strelapsed(char* buf, char** next, int persec)"

.SH DESCRIPTION

.I strelapsed

returns a pointer to a string representation of the elapsed time for

.L (count/persec)

seconds.

The two largest time units are used, limiting the return value length

to at most 6 characters.

The units are:

.TP

.B s

seconds

.TP

.B m

minutes

.TP

.B h

hours

.TP

.B days

.TP

.B weeks

.TP

.B M

months

.TP

.B Y

years

.TP

.B S

scores

.SH "SEE ALSO"

strelapsed(3)

.SH CAVEATS

The return value points to a static area that is overwritten on each call.