1# -*- shell-script -*- :mode=shellscript:
2#
3# Author: Makarius
4#
5# timestart - setup bash environment for timing.
6#
7
8TIMES_RESULT=""
9
10function get_times () {
11  local TMP="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/get_times$$"
12  times > "$TMP"   # No pipe here!
13  TIMES_RESULT="$SECONDS $(echo $(cat "$TMP") | perl -pe 's,\d+m\d+\.\d+s \d+m\d+\.\d+s (\d+)m(\d+)\.\d+s +(\d+)m(\d+)\.\d+s, $1 * 60 + $2 + $3 * 60 + $4,e')"
14  rm -f "$TMP"
15}
16
17get_times  # sets TIMES_RESULT
18