[rrd-users] Re: Capturing Times in ms...

[Wayne Huang]

> My question is this:  How small of a time increment is PERL capable of
> measuring in?  This will only work if PERL can measure small enough
> increments, so that the difference between one running of the program and
> the next can be seen.

Dennis,

With the correct modules you can get microsecond and even nanosecond
precision.  I believe there is a perl equivalent to the c-style
gettimeofday function.  Check CPAN for the Time::HiRes module.  I believe
this is the correct module for implementing gettimeofday.


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