Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:38:43 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using bc in bash script Message-ID: <871xvo9j9o.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> In-Reply-To: <20030814125801.11b0c2d2.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> (Stephen Hilton's message of "Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:58:01 -0500") References: <20030814115313.2707cb21.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> <003001c36287$2a2a7b40$04fea8c0@moe> <20030814122334.0a05ab4b.nospam@hiltonbsd.com> <20030814173425.GA78559@users.munk.nu> <20030814125801.11b0c2d2.nospam@hiltonbsd.com>
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--=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2003-08-14T17:58:01Z, Stephen Hilton <nospam@hiltonbsd.com> writes: > I still am wondering why the date command does not have a format string > for seconds (down to 100th's) like "+%ss" and also why the time command > stops at 100th's when other programs resolve time to 5 or 6 decimal place= s? My guess is that its margin of error, given the nondeterministic influence of a few forks etc., is probably too big to give a more precise answer. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/O9c05sRg+Y0CpvERAuBlAJ49PkqVljKkSry1GPUJagdBDEEk5ACdFRDV 4tHJSs/GGghaRlgGnux8byM= =+GPt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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