dlm@cuuxb.UUCP (Dennis L. Mumaugh) (09/24/86)
In article <199@dayton.UUCP> sjm@dayton.UUCP (Steven J. McDowall) writes: > * uptime.c -- Print how long the system has been up > * System V Implmenentation > * > * 9/19/86 - Version 1.1 .... > uptime = (times(tbuf) / HZ); > New C compilers have the ability to pass structures on the argument of a function. Times requires a pointer to a structure. Thus > uptime = (times(&tbuf) / HZ); is correct. The second code is correct no matter what the compiler. I just talked with Paul and we agree. His worked because he used a trick and had an array instead of a structure. -- =Dennis L. Mumaugh Lisle, IL ...!ihnp4!cuuxb!dlm