1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/misc.h b/misc.h
index 01a736c03..086f98e0f 100644
--- a/misc.h
+++ b/misc.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*      $OpenBSD: misc.h,v 1.7 2001/05/11 14:59:56 markus Exp $ */
+/*      $OpenBSD: misc.h,v 1.8 2001/05/19 19:43:57 stevesk Exp $        */
 
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
@@ -34,6 +34,30 @@ int a2port(const char *s);
 char *cleanhostname(char *host);
 char *colon(char *cp);
 
+/*
+ * Convert a time string into seconds; format is
+ * a sequence of:
+ *      time[qualifier]
+ *
+ * Valid time qualifiers are:
+ *      <none>  seconds
+ *      s|S     seconds
+ *      m|M     minutes
+ *      h|H     hours
+ *      d|D     days
+ *      w|W     weeks
+ *
+ * Examples:
+ *      90m     90 minutes
+ *      1h30m   90 minutes
+ *      2d      2 days
+ *      1w      1 week
+ *
+ * Return -1 if time string is invalid.
+ */
+
+long convtime(const char *s);
+
 /* function to assist building execv() arguments */
 typedef struct arglist arglist;
 struct arglist {