From 3f6c6c912ffe7c9393155fa0f843fd1d3e64a394 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Tim J. Robbins" Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 07:07:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Make it obvious that command line arguments may be specified for the utility that is to be invoked on the command line. Use "utility" instead of "command" in manual page and usage message for consistency with POSIX. --- usr.bin/time/time.1 | 18 +++++++++--------- usr.bin/time/time.c | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/time/time.1 b/usr.bin/time/time.1 index 08167382e7c2..414f112d0c4e 100644 --- a/usr.bin/time/time.1 +++ b/usr.bin/time/time.1 @@ -43,27 +43,27 @@ .Op Fl al .Op Fl h | Fl p .Op Fl o Ar file -.Ar command +.Ar utility Op Ar argument ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility executes and times -.Ar command +.Ar utility by initiating a timer and passing the -.Ar command +.Ar utility to the shell. After the -.Ar command +.Ar utility finishes, .Nm writes to the standard error stream, (in seconds): the total time elapsed, the time used to execute the -.Ar command +.Ar utility process and the time consumed by system overhead. .Pp Available options: @@ -103,16 +103,16 @@ Consult the manual page. .Sh DIAGNOSTICS If -.Ar command +.Ar utility could be timed successfully, its exit status is returned. If -.Ar command +.Ar utility terminated abnormally, a warning message is output to stderr. If the -.Ar command +.Ar utility was found but could not be run, the exit status is 126. If no -.Ar command +.Ar utility could be found at all, the exit status is 127. If .Nm diff --git a/usr.bin/time/time.c b/usr.bin/time/time.c index 89dbc73bbc78..88178a390fa6 100644 --- a/usr.bin/time/time.c +++ b/usr.bin/time/time.c @@ -225,7 +225,8 @@ main(argc, argv) static void usage() { - fprintf(stderr, "usage: time [-al] [-h|-p] [-o file] command\n"); + fprintf(stderr, + "usage: time [-al] [-h|-p] [-o file] utility [argument ...]\n"); exit(1); }