QB_UTIL_S...LAPSED_GET(3)

💖 qb_util_stopwatch_sec_elapsed_get(3) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the libqb Programmer's Manual — yes, that libqb, the one your daemons are lowkey built on 🫶 — and today's main character is qb_util_stopwatch_sec_elapsed_get, the little function that tells you how long your stopwatch has been running, in seconds, as a float. iconic behavior honestly.

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✨ NAME ✨

qb_util_stopwatch_sec_elapsed_get — Get the elapsed time in seconds.

like. it does exactly what it says on the tin. no cap. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <qb/qbutil.h>

float qb_util_stopwatch_sec_elapsed_get(
    qb_util_stopwatch_t   *sw
);

she takes one pointer, sw, and hands you back a float. that's the whole vibe. 🌸

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea, and it's a short one: for this to give you anything real, the stopwatch must have been started and stopped. it must have been started and stopped. 🎀

that's it. that's the whole description. the original page really said "figure it out, bestie" and honestly? respect. 😭

⚠️ heads up: the elapsed time is only meaningful when the stopwatch has been through both qb_util_stopwatch_start(3) and qb_util_stopwatch_stop(3). started. and stopped. both. we said it twice on purpose. 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the group chat, the whole group chat, and nothing but the group chat:

• qb_util_nano_current_get(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_stop(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_split(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_split_ctl(3)
• qb_thread_unlock(3)
• qb_strerror_r(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_time_split_get(3)
• qb_util_set_log_function(3)
• qb_util_timespec_from_epoch_get(3)
• qb_thread_lock_destroy(3)
• qb_thread_trylock(3)
• qb_util_nano_monotonic_hz(3)
• qb_util_nano_from_epoch_get(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_create(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_split_last(3)
• qb_thread_lock(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_free(3)
• qb_thread_lock_create(3)
• qb_timespec_add_ms(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_start(3)
• qb_util_stopwatch_us_elapsed_get(3)

go read them. all of them. i'll wait. 💜

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2010-2020 Red Hat, Inc.

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and that's the page, bestie!! 🦋✨ this was the libqb Programmer's Manual, dated 2025-09-16, and you just read QB_UTIL_S...LAPSED_GET(3) — mwah, slay, go stop a stopwatch and time something. periodt. 💅🎀