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.TH PROCPS_UPTIME 3 2020-05-18 "libproc-2"
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.SH NAME
procps_uptime, procps_sprint, procps_uptime_sprint_short \-
provide the uptime and idle time in seconds
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <proc/procps.h>
.PP
.BI "int procps_uptime(double * " uptime_secs ", double * " idle_secs ");"
.B char *procps_uptime_sprint(void);
.B char *procps_uptime_sprint_short(void);
.sp
Link with \fI\-lprocps\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR procps_uptime ()
returns the uptime and idle time of the system. Either the
\fIuptime_secs\fR or \fIidle_secs\fR can be \fBNULL\fR in which case that
variable will not be returned.
The \fBsprint\fR variety of the functions return a human-readable
string of the uptime and other statistics.
.SH RETURN VALUE
.BR procps_uptime ()
returns 0 on success. On failure, it
returns a negative integer to one of the values defined below.
.TP
.B -ERANGE
Unable to parse the uptime file.
.PP
.BR procps_uptime ()
may also return any (negated) value that \fBfopen\fR() may set errno to.
.BR procps_uptime_sprint_short ()
return a string from a statically allocated buffer which displays uptime.
.BR procps_uptime_sprint ()
also displays users and load average in the buffer. The formats are the
same as
.BR uptime (1)
with and without the
.B \-p
option.
.SH FILES
.TP
.I /proc/uptime
The raw values for uptime and idle time.
.SH VERSIONS
.B procps_uptime()
first appeared in libproc-2 version 0.0.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR uptime (1),
.BR fopen (3),
.BR proc (5).