Document that gettimeofday() is obsolescent
Reported by: kaktus Reviewed by: kaktus, pstef MFC after: 3 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23942
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\"
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.Dd May 13, 2021
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.Dd April 24, 2024
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.Dt GETTIMEOFDAY 2
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.Dt GETTIMEOFDAY 2
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.Os
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Sh NAME
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.Ft int
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.Ft int
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.Fn settimeofday "const struct timeval *tp" "const struct timezone *tzp"
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.Fn settimeofday "const struct timeval *tp" "const struct timezone *tzp"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Em Note :
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The
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.Nm gettimeofday
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function
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.Po but not
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.Nm settimeofday Pc
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is obsolescent.
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See the
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.Sx STANDARDS
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section for more details.
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.Pp
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The system's notion of the current Greenwich time and the current time
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The system's notion of the current Greenwich time and the current time
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zone is obtained with the
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zone is obtained with the
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.Fn gettimeofday
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.Fn gettimeofday
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@@ -121,6 +132,18 @@ A user other than the super-user attempted to set the time.
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.Xr ctime 3 ,
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.Xr ctime 3 ,
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.Xr timeradd 3 ,
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.Xr timeradd 3 ,
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.Xr clocks 7
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.Xr clocks 7
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm gettimeofday
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function is considered obsolescent and its usage discouraged by
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.\" XXX: This should be replaced in the future when an appropriate argument to
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.\" the St macro is available: -p1003.1-2017
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.No IEEE Std 1003.1-2008, 2017 Edition (\\(LqPOSIX.1\\(Rq) .
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Application should use the
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.Xr clock_gettime 2
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function instead as
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.Nm gettimeofday
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might be removed in the future.
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.Sh HISTORY
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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The
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.Fn gettimeofday
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.Fn gettimeofday
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