uptime

[Dave Woyciesjes]

On 07/25/2010 07:07 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 12:54 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 09:45:03AM -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
>>> On 7/25/10 9:42 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> is there a way to know what time is the system is up and running in hrs:mm:secs
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Kaushal
>>>>
>>>
>>> Your title says it all. "uptime" is the command.
>>
>> My laptop shows:
>>
>> holtzm at localhost:~$ uptime
>>   12:50:07 up 44 min,  4 users,  load average: 0.10, 0.18, 0.36
>>
>> 4 users???!!! Can someone clarify this for me?
>
> Mine is now showing 3 users. I'm logged into X, with two terminal
> windows open. Nope, just closed one terminal, exited out of a text
> terminal login (F1), and it still shows 3 users now. Weird. Ric

	Hrmmm, ghost? Methinks it's time to don your tinfoil.  Any dark colored 
helicopters in your vicinity?

> wayward4now at iam:/opt/media/video$ who
> wayward4now tty8         2010-07-23 02:09 (:0)
> wayward4now pts/0        2010-07-23 02:09 (:0)
> wayward4now at iam:/opt/media/video$ uptime
>   19:04:25 up 4 days, 18:00,  3 users,  load average: 0.72, 0.61, 0.42
> wayward4now at iam:/opt/media/video$
>
> who is only showing two users.
> /var/run/utmp seems to be empty. Is that a bad thing?? Ric
>

	For you, Ric, yes.

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