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| author | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2016-12-09 09:34:58 +1300 |
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| committer | Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> | 2016-12-09 09:34:58 +1300 |
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diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 153317ea..3c692ae5 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -488,6 +488,8 @@ Installed by the `install-bin` target: tolerating blips or temporary failures in `cron(8)` scripts. * `umake(1df)` iterates upwards through the directory tree from `$PWD` until it finds a Makefile for which to run `make(1)` with the given arguments. +* `uts(1df)` gets the current UNIX timestamp in an unorthodox way that should + work on all POSIX-compliant operating systems. There's some silly stuff in `install-games`: diff --git a/bin/uts b/bin/uts new file mode 100755 index 00000000..8777a7e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/uts @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# Get the current timestamp in a POSIX compatible fashion +PATH=$(getconf PATH) +awk 'BEGIN { srand() ; print srand() }' diff --git a/man/man1/uts.1df b/man/man1/uts.1df new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f28797a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/uts.1df @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +.TH UTS 1df "December 2016" "Manual page for uts" +.SH NAME +.B uts +\- prints the current UNIX timestamp +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B uts +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B uts +applies POSIX's specifications for the behaviour of its srand() function to +print the current UNIX timestamp. +.SH SEE ALSO +date(1) +.br +<http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/awk.html#tag_20_06_13_12> +.SH AUTHOR +Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz> |