Annotation of src/usr.bin/last/last.1, Revision 1.1
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! 34: .\" @(#)last.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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! 36: .Dd June 6, 1993
! 37: .Dt LAST 1
! 38: .Os BSD 4
! 39: .Sh NAME
! 40: .Nm last
! 41: .Nd indicate last logins of users and ttys
! 42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
! 43: .Nm last
! 44: .Op Fl Ns Ar n
! 45: .Op Fl f Ar file
! 46: .Op Fl h Ar host
! 47: .Op Fl t Ar tty
! 48: .Op user ...
! 49: .Sh DESCRIPTION
! 50: .Nm Last
! 51: will list the sessions of specified
! 52: .Ar users ,
! 53: .Ar ttys ,
! 54: and
! 55: .Ar hosts ,
! 56: in reverse time order. Each line of output contains
! 57: the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any
! 58: hostname, the start and stop times for the session, and the duration
! 59: of the session. If the session is still continuing or was cut short by
! 60: a crash or shutdown,
! 61: .Nm last
! 62: will so indicate.
! 63: .Pp
! 64: .Bl -tag -width indent-two
! 65: .It Fl f Ar file
! 66: .Nm Last
! 67: reads the file
! 68: .Ar file
! 69: instead of the default,
! 70: .Pa /var/log/wtmp .
! 71: .It Fl Ar n
! 72: Limits the report to
! 73: .Ar n
! 74: lines.
! 75: .It Fl t Ar tty
! 76: Specify the
! 77: .Ar tty .
! 78: Tty names may be given fully or abbreviated, for example,
! 79: .Dq Li "last -t 03"
! 80: is
! 81: equivalent to
! 82: .Dq Li "last -t tty03" .
! 83: .It Fl h Ar host
! 84: .Ar Host
! 85: names may be names or internet numbers.
! 86: .El
! 87: .Pp
! 88: If
! 89: multiple arguments are given, the information which applies to any of the
! 90: arguments is printed, e.g.,
! 91: .Dq Li "last root -t console"
! 92: would list all of
! 93: .Dq Li root Ns 's
! 94: sessions as well as all sessions on the console terminal. If no
! 95: users, hostnames or terminals are specified,
! 96: .Nm last
! 97: prints a record of
! 98: all logins and logouts.
! 99: .Pp
! 100: The pseudo-user
! 101: .Ar reboot
! 102: logs in at reboots of the system, thus
! 103: .Dq Li last reboot
! 104: will give an indication of mean time between reboot.
! 105: .Pp
! 106: If
! 107: .Nm last
! 108: is interrupted, it indicates to what date the search has
! 109: progressed. If interrupted with a quit signal
! 110: .Nm last
! 111: indicates how
! 112: far the search has progressed and then continues.
! 113: .Sh FILES
! 114: .Bl -tag -width /var/log/wtmp -compact
! 115: .It Pa /var/log/wtmp
! 116: login data base
! 117: .El
! 118: .Sh SEE ALSO
! 119: .Xr lastcomm 1 ,
! 120: .Xr utmp 5 ,
! 121: .Xr ac 8
! 122: .Sh HISTORY
! 123: .Nm Last
! 124: appeared in
! 125: .Bx 3.0 .