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On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 05:18:08PM -0600, John J. Foster wrote: |
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> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 01:02:01AM +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: |
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> > John J. Foster writes: |
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> > > I lost utility power for 2 hours today while at work (on my home |
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> > > machine). UPS probably help for 20 minutes, or so. Just out of |
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> > > curiousity, is there a way to determine previous system uptime. I know |
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> > > I was getting close to 11 months, which would be a record for me. |
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> > The system logs boot and login dates in /var/log/wtmp, the last command |
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> > shows the content of this binary file. |
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> > |
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> > last | grep "system boot" | head |
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> > Hope you broke the record, |
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> > Wonko |
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> > |
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> festus@localhost ~ $ last | grep "system boot" |
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> reboot system boot 2.6.28-gentoo-r5 Thu May 13 16:39 - 17:30 (00:51) |
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> OK, so after looking at "man last", I tried |
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> festus@localhost ~ $ last reboot |
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> reboot system boot 2.6.28-gentoo-r5 Thu May 13 16:39 - 17:30 (00:51) |
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> wtmp begins Sat May 1 08:23:36 2010 |
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> which doesn't really help much. |
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> Any other ideas, |
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> festus |
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Damn - log-rotate cleans wtmp monthly |
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> It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a |
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> clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. |
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> Noam Chomsky |
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It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a |
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clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. |
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Noam Chomsky |
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