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Using the Unix time_t daemon

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Posted by Terry   USA  (87 posts)  Bio
Date Fri 20 Jun 2008 12:06 AM (UTC)
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This thought just popped into my head, and I'm pretty sure I could use it in some of my scripts. The problem is, I don't know how. What I'm trying to do is use something similar to the time() function in a Unix platform, but have it work in Lua. Could anyone help me out?
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Posted by Nick Gammon   Australia  (23,102 posts)  Bio   Forum Administrator
Date Reply #1 on Fri 20 Jun 2008 05:16 AM (UTC)
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You just want to know the time?

http://www.gammon.com.au/scripts/doc.php?lua=os.time


- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com
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