TVTOHZ(9)

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✨ TVTOHZ(9) ✨

okay so bestie, you're in the Kernel Developer's Manual section 9, and this is literally the page for tvtohz — which stands for "timeval to hz" if you were wondering, and yes it's giving converter energy 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

tvtohz — convert time interval to tick count 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <sys/time.h>

int
tvtohz(struct timeval *tv);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so the tvtohz() function takes exactly one argument, and it's tv, and tv is the whole vibe check here — it specifies the time interval over which you wanna calculate the number of system ticks that would elapse. that's it. that's the job. no cap ✨

like, you hand it a struct timeval and it tells you how many ticks that stretch of time is worth. iconic behaviour honestly 🫶

👑 RETURN VALUES 👑

it returns the integral number of system ticks expected to elapse in the given interval — including the current tick. don't forget the current tick bestie, she's part of the count too 💜

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

go read those too, they're all in the same friend group fr fr 🌈

🧚 HISTORY 🧚

the tvtohz function first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0 — a true legacy queen, she's been serving since forever 👑

💜 AUTHORS 💜

this manual page was written by Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>. thank you for your service, we owe you everything 🙈💖

and that's the whole page bestie, no crumbs left, we ate and left no notes 💅

Debian · January 3, 2000 · that's the source, the version and the date, mwah 😘 🎀

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