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.TH PROCPS_uptime_sprint_SPRINT 3 2016-04-16 "libproc-2"
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.SH NAME
procps_uptime_sprint \-
provide the uptime and idle time in seconds
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <proc/procps.h>
.sp
.B char procps_uptime_sprint(void);
.br
.B char procps_uptime_sprint_short(void);
.sp
Link with \fI\-lprocps\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The functions
.BR procps_uptime_sprint ()
and
.BR procps_uptime_sprint_short ()
return a string from a statically allocated buffer which displays uptime
and other system statistics. This format is similar to
.BR w (1)

.SH RETURN VALUE
Both functions return a formatted string on success and NULL on failure.
.PP
.B procps_uptime_sprint
returns a string displaying the uptime, number of users and load average.
.PP
.B procps_uptime_sprint_short
returns a string displaying the uptime only.

.SH VERSIONS
.B procps_uptime_sprint()
and
.B procps_uptime_sprint_short()
first appeared in libproc-2 version 0.0.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR fopen (3),
.BR procps_loadavg (3),
.BR procps_uptime (3),
.BR proc (5).