hpath/unix/System/Posix/Time.hs

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{-# LANGUAGE CApiFFI #-}
{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 709
{-# LANGUAGE Safe #-}
#else
{-# LANGUAGE Trustworthy #-}
#endif
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- |
-- Module : System.Posix.Time
-- Copyright : (c) The University of Glasgow 2002
-- License : BSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
--
-- Maintainer : libraries@haskell.org
-- Stability : provisional
-- Portability : non-portable (requires POSIX)
--
-- POSIX Time support
--
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
module System.Posix.Time (
epochTime,
-- ToDo: lots more from sys/time.h
-- how much already supported by System.Time?
) where
import System.Posix.Types
import Foreign
import Foreign.C
-- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- epochTime
-- | @epochTime@ calls @time@ to obtain the number of
-- seconds that have elapsed since the epoch (Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 1970).
epochTime :: IO EpochTime
epochTime = throwErrnoIfMinus1 "epochTime" (c_time nullPtr)
foreign import capi unsafe "HsUnix.h time"
c_time :: Ptr CTime -> IO CTime