Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 12:14:03 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: SDBUG <SDBug@SDBug.Org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions LIST <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/system/log.* Message-ID: <20030405120505.C334-100000@Www.Video2Video.Com>
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Apparently there was a power outage in my area of San Diego this morning sometime between 8:56 AM (the last time that gaim (multi-userID chat program) logged a sign on or sign off) and 11:25 AM (when I got out of bed). I'm wondering why FreeBSD (and in general, all Unix flavors), don't do this: * Every minute, on the minute, "touch /var/log/system/log.`date +%m%d%y`" That way, whether a user is logged in or not, and a system gets rebooted or shutdown (hard), the sysadmin can supplement /var/log/wtmp with accurate information and thus reconstruct what the uptime would have been for that "power-on session." Can someone comment on what to use for the "at" command command-line, and whether I'd put this in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/SOMETHING.sh or where? I think this is an interesting omission from Unixes in general. What's your opinion? -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder, Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA http://Www.Video2Video.Com
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