Date:	Sun, 23 Jun 1996 10:20:40 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Eric Domazlicky <DHGW39B AT prodigy DOT com>
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: How to get a good value for srand?
In-Reply-To:	<4qeg2q$327k@usenetz1.news.prodigy.com>
Message-Id:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.960623101843.1039L-100000@is>
Mime-Version:	1.0

On 21 Jun 1996, Eric Domazlicky wrote:

> BTW the reason I have the typedef there is because DJGPP never seems to 
> define the struct type that gettime is supposed to use except in the info 
> file, so you have to type it yerself.
> 
> typedef struct {
> unsigned char ti_min;
> unsigned char ti_hour;
> unsigned char ti_hund;
> unsigned char ti_sec;
> } time_data;
> 
> time_data t;
> gettime(&t);
> srand(t.ti_hund*0xff+t.ti_sec);

Did you look well enough?  The struct that `gettime' accepts is defined 
on <dos.h>, exactly as the on-line docs tell you.  At least, that is how 
the things are in DJGPP v2.0 (you didn't tell what version did you use).

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