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Re: GNU-Win32 : gettimeofday
- To: cclim at gintic dot gov dot sg (Lim Chu Cheow, Dr)
- Subject: Re: GNU-Win32 : gettimeofday
- From: dumser at ti dot com (James Dumser)
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 13:59:09 -0500 (CDT)
- Cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
On Fri, 30 May 1997 10:43:28 +0800, Lim Chu Cheow, Dr
<cclim@gintic.gov.sg> wrote:
>Thanks! Since I don't follow the Unix standard changes very
>closely, I'm a little confused now. On a SVR4 (Solaris 2.4),
>from the man page, I get:
>
> int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tp);
>
>Whereas for a SunOS 4.1.3, I get from the man page:
>
> int gettimeofday(tp, tzp)
> struct timeval *tp;
> struct timezone *tzp;
>
>So GNU-Win32 is following an "older" Unix standard (whichever it is)?
It's more of a System V (Solaris) versus BSD (SunOS) thing. Cygwin
currently follows BSD closer than System V because there's lots of BSD
source code available that they can grab for free (System V source would
have to be licensed from AT&T or developed completely independently).
--
James Dumser 972-462-5335 dumser@ti.com
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