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NAME
       time - time in seconds since epoch

SYNOPSIS
       #include <u.h>
       #include <libc.h>

       long time(long *tp)

       /* Alef only */

       int time();

DESCRIPTION
       Time  returns  the number of seconds since the epoch 00:00:00 GMT, Jan.
       1, 1970.  If tp is not zero then *tp is also set to the answer.

       This function works by reading /dev/time, opening that file  when  time
       is first called.

Alef
       In Alef, time does not take an argument.

SOURCE
       /sys/src/libc/9sys/time.c

SEE ALSO
       cons(3)

DIAGNOSTICS
       Sets errstr.

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