Re: ctime funtion inside a module

[Karthik M <k_mohanas@yahoo.com>]

hi,

When i try to insert the module it says:

"unresolved symbol : ctime"

I am passing a time_t structure and want the output in
the string format as i had mentioned earlier. ctime()
fn does that.

Thanks

karthik

--- Christophe Lucas <c.lucas@ifrance.com> wrote:
> ctime(); is a libc function. So it is normal, that
> you can us it in
> module.
> try => do_gettimeofday();
> 
> regards,
> 
>  Christophe
> 
> Karthik M (k_mohanas@yahoo.com) wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > I am trying to print the access time from the
> inode
> > structure from within a kernel module.
> > 
> > The return type is time_t which is inturn a
> unsigned
> > integer. I am trying to print this number is the
> > format of :
> > 
> > "Day Month date time year"
> > 
> > The function which does this is in
> > /usr/include/time.h. The name of the funtion is
> > ctime() but I will not be able to acess it from
> the
> > module. 
> > 
> > Is there any other funtion that has a similar
> > funtionality which i can call from the module.
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > Karthik
> 
>           
>  
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