Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:13:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Cillian Sharkey <cillian@baker.ie> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Idle times from finger, w, etc.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908101313080.79312-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <37B02D02.E487F569@baker.ie>
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On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Cillian Sharkey wrote: > Hi, > > Just noticed that on a Linux system (RedHat 5.2 & 6.0) when one > does a "finger user" or a "w user" and the said user has been > idle for less than an hour, the idle time is reported in > minutes & seconds. > > ..however, on a FreeBSD 3.2 system, the same commands run in the > same scenario don't display seconds. In other words, the idle > time reported by Linux was much more accurate and informative > than its counterpart in FreeBSD. > > Anyone know the reason why ? a) history b) philosophy c) someone on linux got bored and whipped up patches Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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