RE: [MLUG] Passing options to the time command

["Nowlin, Dan" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> -----Original Message-----
> 
> 
> You have got to be careful with commands like "time."  You think you
> are
> running something like the /usr/bin/time program, but you might be
> running an internal shell command.  This is certain ly true if you are
> using the csh or tcsh shell.  What does "which time" tell you?
> 
> But also, on my (admittedly FreeBSD) system, "man time" doesn't
mention
> a -V option.  The same is also true on bengal.missouri.edu, which I
> think is a Linux system.  So maybe the man page is messed up.
> 
> 
Not true.  I am looking at the man page for time on bengal.missouri.edu
(Red Hat) and it does have the -V option.  So does my FC4 box.  I think
it might be a bug in the time command because it does not take any
options.

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