Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

> I track the output of large builds by running the make/configure
> etc from within an emacs shell
>
> Sometimes the build is so large that I also want to track how
> long it takes (while I go do something else not necessarily on
> the computer)

For this, try `time'.

> So I do something like
>
> date
> make
> date
>
> in the emacs eshell.  ie I type the second date when the make
> starts

You can try this instead:

date ; make ; date

> However I dont see its output (maybe lost somewhere in the make
> output??)
>
> Any ideas?
>

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