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class Struct::Tms

Parent:	Struct
Version:	1.6

Index:

This structure is returned by Time.times . It holds information on process times on those platforms that support it. Not all values are valid on all platforms.

This structure contains the following instance variables and the corresponding accessors:


`utime`	Amount of User CPU time, in seconds
`stime`	Amount of System CPU time, in seconds
`cutime`	Completed child processes' User CPU time, in seconds (always 0 on Windows NT)
`cstime`	Completed child processes' System CPU time, in seconds (always 0 on Windows NT)

See also Struct on page 380 and Time.times on page 393.

`t = Time.times`
`[ t.utime, t.stime]`	»	`[0.01, 0.01]`
`[ t.cutime, t.cstime ]`	»	`[0.0, 0.0]`

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