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Date:      Tue, 11 May 1999 14:25:31 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
To:        Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
Subject:   RE: Server Uptimes project...
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990511142531.jobaldwi@vt.edu>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990511195100.asmodai@wxs.nl>

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On 11-May-99 Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
> On 10-May-99 John Baldwin wrote:
>> 
>> On 10-May-99 Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
> 
>>> It doesn't do uptime on uptime, correct?
>> 
>> It subtracts the sysctl variable boottime.tv_sec from the current time,
>> so it is the actual uptime.  If you go offline and come back on it will
>> use the uptime from your box, not how long you've been online.
> 
> What I meant was something like a reboot. That clears one's uptime... Will
> it still preserve that after ye have rebooted? Cumulative uptime I think
> one would call it?

Yeah, that'll clear it.  It's uses uptime like the command, not a cumulative
count.

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