AUPARSE_TIMESTAMP_COMPARE(3)

💖 AUPARSE_TIMESTAMP_COMPARE 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the auparse_timestamp_compare page from the Linux Audit API — yes that whole family of auparse girls, and this one is a tiny little queen whose whole job is comparing timestamps ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

auparse_timestamp_compare — literally just compares timestamp values, that's the whole gig 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <auparse.h>

int auparse_timestamp_compare(const au_event_t
*e1,constau_event_t*"e2);"

not me noticing the synopsis formatting in the original is a little chaotic — the stray quotes and the squished-together tokens are exactly as they were handed to me, so I'm passing them straight to you, no edits, no touch-ups 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically auparse_timestamp_compare compares the values of 2 timestamps. two of them. a duo. a little timestamp duel 🫶 that's it, that's the function.

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

it hands back -1, 0, or 1 — respectively depending on whether e2 is less than, equal to, or greater than e1 💀

so real talk, watch the order: it's reading e2 against e1, not the other way around. the way that comparison is flipped from what your brain expects? iconic. be careful bestie 🧚

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• auparse_get_timestamp(3) — go get you a timestamp to compare in the first place, iykyk ⭐

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🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Steve Grubb 👑 the author, the moment, the main character energy

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and that's the whole page fr fr 💖 this came to you from Red Hat, dated Feb 2007 — a vintage baddie, lowkey timeless, slay 🌸🦋✨