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.TH pvm_get_timer 1 "January 1998" "Scilab // Group" "Scilab function"
.so ../sci.an
.SH NAME
pvm_get_timer - Gets the  system's notion  of  the current time.
.SH CALLING SEQUENCE
.nf
[time] = pvm_get_timer()
.fi
.SH PARAMETERS
.TP 5
time
: scalar
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fVpvm_get_timer\fR returns the  time elapsed since  the last  call of
pvm_get_timer or   the  last  call  of  pvm_set_timer.  The  time   is
expressed in elapsed microseconds.  The resolution of the system clock
is  hardware  dependent; the  time may  be  updated continuously or in
clock ticks.
.I timer
will be > 0.
If some error occurs then
.I timer
will be -1.

.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
B = rand(100,100);
A = rand(100,100);
pvm_set_timer();C=A*B;t=pvm_get_timer()
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
pvm_set_timer