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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-08 03:11:33 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-08 03:11:33 +0000
commite45310403fedc9502e371a3bb62565363175569b (patch)
tree744a1821290a4a34c756115132c941e3dabfbda2 /usr.bin/last/last.1
parent029679decb841b5e94bd5daeda5186e2a6b6d092 (diff)
Various cleanups and improvements.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/last/last.1')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/last/last.1 b/usr.bin/last/last.1
index 7a04e515612..905c3396f04 100644
--- a/usr.bin/last/last.1
+++ b/usr.bin/last/last.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: last.1,v 1.12 2000/03/06 03:17:38 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: last.1,v 1.13 2000/03/08 03:11:30 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: last.1,v 1.3 1994/12/21 22:41:23 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
@@ -42,31 +42,34 @@
.Nd indicate last logins of users and ttys
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm last
-.Op Fl Ns Ar c
+.Op Fl csT
.Op Fl Ns Ar n
-.Op Fl Ns Ar s
-.Op Fl Ns Ar T
.Op Fl f Ar file
.Op Fl h Ar host
.Op Fl t Ar tty
.Op Fl d Ar [[yy]yy[mm[dd[hh]]]]mm[.ss]
.Op Ar user ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
.Nm last
-will either (1) list the sessions of specified
+utility will either (1) list the sessions of specified
.Ar users ,
.Ar ttys ,
and
.Ar hosts ,
in reverse time order,
or (2) list the users logged in at a specified snapshot date & time
-in reverse time order. Each line of output contains
+in reverse time order.
+Each line of output contains
the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any
hostname, the start and stop times for the session, and the duration
-of the session. If the session is still continuing or was cut short by
+of the session.
+If the session is still continuing or was cut short by
a crash or shutdown,
.Nm last
will so indicate.
+.Pp
+The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent-two
.It Fl c
Calculates the total time displayed and prints it after the output.
@@ -80,16 +83,16 @@ instead of the default,
Limits the report to
.Ar n
lines.
-.It Fl Ar s
+.It Fl s
Display time values in seconds since the epoch, instead of formatted dates.
.It Fl t Ar tty
Specify the
.Ar tty .
tty names may be given fully or abbreviated, for example,
-.Dq Li "last -t 03"
+.Ic last -t 03
is
equivalent to
-.Dq Li "last -t tty03" .
+.Ic last -t tty03 .
.It Fl h Ar host
.Ar host
names may be names or internet numbers.
@@ -155,25 +158,26 @@ If
multiple arguments are given, and a snapshot time is not specified, the
information which applies to any of the
arguments is printed, e.g.,
-.Dq Li "last root -t console"
+.Ic last root -t console
would list all of
-.Dq Li root Ns 's
+.Li root Ns 's
sessions as well as all sessions on the console terminal. If no
-users, hostnames or terminals are specified,
+users, hostnames, or terminals are specified,
.Nm last
prints a record of
all logins and logouts.
.Pp
The pseudo-user
-.Ar reboot
+.Dq reboot
logs in at reboots of the system; thus
-.Dq Li last reboot
+.Ic last reboot
will give an indication of mean time between reboot.
.Pp
If
.Nm last
is interrupted, it indicates to what date the search has
-progressed. If interrupted with a quit signal
+progressed.
+If interrupted with a quit signal
.Nm last
indicates how
far the search has progressed and then continues.