On branch timer

Changes to be committed:
	modified:   main.go
		Adding use of time package directly
	modified:   timer/timer.go
		Simplifying this away.

main.go

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-"./timer"
+//"./timer"
+"time"
 "fmt"
 "strings"
 "regexp"
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 
+var tcp_data string = read_tcp_file("/proc/net/tcp")
+
 func main() {
 	// How to split on space-delimited fields, then colon-delimited fields?
 	// How to turn this byte into a string?
@@ -18,8 +21,20 @@ func main() {
 	// and then converted byte by byte (2 char at a time)
 	//fmt.Println(convert_address(reverse_string(reverse_bytes("0100007F"))))
 
-	timer.New()
+//	tensec	:= timer.New(10, "Second")
-	tcp_rows(read_tcp_file("/proc/net/tcp"))
+//	onemin	:= timer.New(1, "Minute")
+//	tensec.Reset(
+	tensec	:= time.NewTimer(10 * time.Second)
+	onemin	:= time.NewTimer(1 * time.Minute)
+//	if !tensec.Stop() {
+//	fmt.Println("Done waiting 10 seconds!")
+//	}
+	fmt.Println("Waiting 10 seconds...")
+	<-tensec.C
+	tcp_rows(tcp_data)
+	fmt.Println("Waiting 1 minute...")
+	<-onemin.C
+	tcp_rows(tcp_data)
 }
 
 func check(e error) {

timer/timer.go

@@ -6,16 +6,30 @@ import (
 //"reflect"
 )
 
-func New() {
+func New(duration_int int, unit string) *time.Timer {
 
-	timer_10s	:= time.NewTimer(10 * time.Second)
+	start		:= time.NewTimer(0)
+	duration	:= time.Duration(duration_int)
+//	fmt.Println(reflect.TypeOf(duration))
+//	timer_10s	:= time.NewTimer(10 * time.Second)
 //	timer_1m	:= time.NewTimer(1 * time.Minute)
-	fmt.Println("Waiting 10 seconds...")
+	fmt.Println("Duration: ", duration_int, "Unit: ", unit, ".")
-	<-timer_10s.C
+	if unit == "Second" {
-
+		start	= time.NewTimer(duration * time.Second)
-
+	} else if unit == "Minute" {
-
+		start	= time.NewTimer(duration * time.Minute)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("Unit not recognized.")
+	}
+	fmt.Println("Waiting ", duration_int, " ", unit, ".")
+	if start.Stop() {
+	<-start.C
+	fmt.Println("Done waiting ", duration_int, " ", unit, "!")
+	}
+	return start
 //	for elapsed < ten_seconds {
 //}
 //	for 
 }
+
+func Reset