Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:50:32 -0700 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: find date of last boot Message-ID: <86ipf276g7.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <5E0240CD-6B6C-4221-A656-0006254132F9@mac.com> (Chuck Swiger's message of "Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:29:41 -0700") References: <4FD1360D.1060208@a1poweruser.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206072110350.67420@tripel.monochrome.org> <4FD15461.6090109@makeworld.com> <86obou7fly.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <5E0240CD-6B6C-4221-A656-0006254132F9@mac.com>
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>>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> writes: Chuck> FreeBSD aggressively rotates the utmp/wtmp databases; most other Chuck> platforms leave it in place until the sysadmin decides to rotate Chuck> it per local policy. Chuck> Tweaking the monthly? periodic entries would change this, I'd Chuck> imagine.... Sure, but the question was likely involving a stock system, so yes, your mileage may vary, but let's consider a solution that works for a default system. "last reboot" isn't it. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion
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