How Long a process runs for ?

[Brian Fahrlander]

Rick wrote:
> There a app, I used in the Terminal window, I know it does take a few hours to 
> run, however... I would like to know exactly how long so I could setup a cron 
> job.
> 
> Is there a way to find out how long a application ran for ?
> 
> I've check a bunch of log files, and could not find the application. to see 
> when it started and when it stop.
> 
> also it would be nice, if my terminal window would display the current date 
> and time in the window before the flashing cursor.

    You just might want to know about "batch". Echo a command line 
through "at", and it'll run until it's done...then start the next job 
right after it.  Like:

   echo "/usr/sbin/reboot" | at 1700  [Reboots the machine at 5pm]

   echo "longprocess" | batch         [Puts another job in the queue]

   To learn how long the process takes, just run 'date' or 'time' in 
association with it.  And it's easy to 'mark' the logs with a program 
called 'logger'.


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