Miscellaneous Library Functions

9.2.10std_out()

This function outputs characters to the standard output channel.

Syntax

int std_out(long s, char *buf, int len) where:

Return value

Returns the number of characters actually printed.

Usage

The std_out() function is used with a GenericIO structure to allow the ns_printf() function to print network statistics to the standard output channel.

9.2.11sysuptime()

This function returns the age of the system.

Syntax

unsigned long sysuptime(void)

Return value

Returns the number of centiseconds since the clock started counting.

Usage

The sysuptime() function returns the time since some arbitrary epoch. This epoch is usually the moment when the clock driver was initialized at boot time. The time period is expressed in hundredths of a second.

Miscellaneous Library Functions

9.2.12uslash()

This function is used to translate DOS-style path separator characters (\) into

UNIX-style separator characters (/).

Syntax

char *uslash(char *path)

where:

Return value

Returns the string pointed to by path, with every occurrence of the \ character replaced with /.

Usage

The string is modified in place, and therefore must not be a constant (read-only) string.