On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 13:03 +0000, J.A. de Vries wrote: > On 2005-07-22 @ 00:13:38 (week 29) michael wrote: > > > I think it's a question of interpretation of the man pages. To me it > > seems that '-x' *also* gives the runlevel info; and that '-t' gives all > > entries *up to* a date (as opposed to since or on that date).... > > Here's the two relevant excerpts from the manpage: > > -t YYYYMMDDHHMMSS > Display the state of logins as of the specified time. > This is useful, e.g., to determine easily who was logged > in at a particular time -- specify that time with -t and > look for "still logged in". > > -x Display the system shutdown entries and run level changes. > > I am sorry, I am not a native speaker like yourself (judging from your > email address). To me "as of" meant logins starting from the given time > and later.
To me it means, upon re-reading, that it is doing a 'last' as of the YYYYMMDDHHMMSS ie if you had done last at time T then 'last -t T' (at some later date) gives you the same info. > As for -x returning changes in runlevel as well you are right. I just > did a diff between two runs (on with and one without -x) and indeed both > show shutdown entries, but using -x gives lines like "runlevel (to lvl > 2) 2.6.8-2-386 Sun Jul 17 11:58 - 14:49 (5+02:51)" as well. > > Thanks for making me see. I learn every day... `;-) > So I think the 'man' page is indeed correct, although maybe not as clear as it could be M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
