1、前言
时间对操作系统来说非常重要,从内核级到应用层,时间的表达方式及精度各部相同。linux内核里面用一个名为jiffes的常量来计算时间戳。应用层有time、getdaytime等函数。今天需要在应用程序获取系统的启动时间,百度了一下,通过sysinfo中的uptime可以计算出系统的启动时间。
	
	2、sysinfo结构
sysinfo结构保持了系统启动后的信息,主要包括启动到现在的时间,可用内存空间、共享内存空间、进程的数目等。man sysinfo得到结果如下所示:
	struct sysinfo {
	long uptime;             /* Seconds since boot */
	unsigned long loads[3];  /* 1, 5, and 15 minute load averages */
	unsigned long totalram;  /* Total usable main memory size */
	unsigned long freeram;   /* Available memory size */
	unsigned long sharedram; /* Amount of shared memory */
	unsigned long bufferram; /* Memory used by buffers */
	unsigned long totalswap; /* Total swap space size */
	unsigned long freeswap;  /* swap space still available */
	unsigned short procs;    /* Number of current processes */
	char _f[22];             /* Pads structure to 64 bytes */
	};
	
	3、获取系统启动时间
通过sysinfo获取系统启动到现在的秒数,用当前时间减去这个秒数即系统的启动时间。程序如下所示:
	#include <stdio.h>
	#include <sys/sysinfo.h>
	#include <time.h>
	#include <errno.h>
	static int print_system_boot_time()
	{
	struct sysinfo info;
	time_t cur_time = 0;
	time_t boot_time = 0;
	struct tm *ptm = NULL;
	if (sysinfo(&info)) {
	fprintf(stderr, "Failed to get sysinfo, errno:%u, reason:%s\n",errno, strerror(errno));
	return -1;
	}
	time(&cur_time);
	if (cur_time > info.uptime) {
	boot_time = cur_time - info.uptime;
	}
	else {
	boot_time = info.uptime - cur_time;
	}
	ptm = gmtime(&boot_time);
	printf("System boot time: %d-%-d-%d %d:%d:%d\n", ptm->tm_year + 1900,
	ptm->tm_mon + 1, ptm->tm_mday, ptm->tm_hour, ptm->tm_min, ptm->tm_sec);
	return 0;
	}
	int main()
	{
	if (print_system_boot_time() != 0) {
	return -1;
	}
	return 0;
	}
	
	测试结果如下所:
	

