Re: [Hampshire] Linux time command for DOS?

On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 03:39:59PM +0000, Paul Tansom wrote:
> ** Andy Random <andy.random@???> [2007-11-23 13:31]:
> > Ok so slightly off topic but I have a large number of GNU utilities
> > compiled to run under Windows/DOS but I've never found a version of the
> > Linux time command.
> >
> > I could really use a copy to... well, err, time somethings :)
> >
> > Does anybody know where I can find a version to run under DOS?
> ** end quote [Andy Random]
>
> I thought that DOS had both date and time commands, but it may vary on
> the version of DOS you are using, and I don't have a handy DOS/Windows
> box on which to check. There may have been an issue with getting the
> command to simply show the time/date as opposed to setting it...
>

DOS Date and Time commands merely tell you the date and time, they don't do
what the unix time commands do which is tell you how long a command took to
run.

"DOS commands in 'crappier than their *nix counterparts' shocker".

Cheers,
Al.