# Command: ptimes

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Name:

    ptimes - returns real, user, and system time
      Synopsis:  ptimes -> [rtimes utimes stimes cutimes cstimes]

Description:

      Calls the POSIX times() function to obtain real, user,
      and system time in seconds, as well as user and system times
      counts for all child processes.  Real time has arbitrary origin,
      i.e., only differences are meaningful.

Remarks:

    results for user and system time may not be reliable if more
      than one thread is used.

References:

    man 2 times

Author:

    Hans Ekkehard Plesser

FirstVersion:

    2003-07-29

SeeAlso:

- realtime
- usertime
- systemtime
- tic
- toc
- pclockspersec
- pclocks

Source:

    /opt/conda/conda-bld/nest_1531570948828/work/lib/sli/sli-init.sli

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