Extracted from Pike v7.6 release 61 at 2005-12-30.
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System

Module System

Description

This module embodies common operating system calls, making them available to the Pike programmer.


Constant ITIMER_REAL

constant System.ITIMER_REAL

Description

Identifier for a timer that decrements in real time.

See also

setitimer , getitimer


Constant ITIMER_VIRTUAL

constant System.ITIMER_VIRTUAL

Description

Identifier for a timer that decrements only when the process is executing.

See also

setitimer , getitimer


Constant ITIMER_PROF

constant System.ITIMER_PROF

Description

Identifier for a timer that decrements both when the process is executing and when the system is executing on behalf of the process.

See also

setitimer , getitimer


Variable CPU_TIME_IS_THREAD_LOCAL

string System.CPU_TIME_IS_THREAD_LOCAL

Description

This string constant tells whether or not the CPU time returned by gethrvtime is thread local or not. The value is "yes" if it is and "no" if it isn't. The value is also "no" if there is no thread support.