Re: SECONDS=0 does not reset SECONDS, or I'm missing something

[Chet Ramey]

On 6/5/20 7:26 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:

> Perhaps something like this would work:
> 
>        SECONDS
>               Expands to the difference between the current system time
>             (in seconds) and the system time (in seconds) at shell
>             invocation.  If a value is assigned to SECONDS, the value
>             returned upon subsequent references is the value assigned
>             plus the difference between the current system time (in
>             seconds) and the system time (in seconds) upon assignment.
> 
> Feel free to use that, or tweak it, or discard it.  I'm not thrilled
> with the quadruple repetition of "system time (in seconds)" but I can't
> think of a clearer way to express it at the moment.

How about just adding a sentence that says the number of seconds at startup
and the current time is always determined by querying the system clock.

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