Q43396: C: _bios_timeofday Documentation Error

Article: Q43396
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.00 5.10 | 5.00 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 14-APR-1989

On Page 146 of the "Microsoft C 5.1 Optimizing Compiler Run-Time
Library Reference" manual and the "Microsoft QuickC Run-Time Library
Reference" manual, the second parameter of _bios_timeofday is
incorrectly stated as a long integer, as follows:

   long timeval;

The corrected declaration is a pointer to a long integer, as follows:

   long *timeval;

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