Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 11:37:33 -0500 (CDT) From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/54661: Update last(1) to allow -n # in addition to -# for number of records Message-ID: <200307201637.h6KGbXmE017484@lerlaptop.lerctr.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200307201640.h6KGeH2Y058296@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 54661 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Update last(1) to allow -n # in addition to -# for number of records >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 20 09:40:17 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Larry Rosenman >Release: FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT i386 >Organization: LERCTR Consulting >Environment: System: FreeBSD lerlaptop.lerctr.org 5.1-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT #29: Fri Jul 18 13:29:29 CDT 2003 ler@lerlaptop.iadfw.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LERLAPTOP i386 >Description: My UnixWare (System V Release 5) system allows -n # to be used for the last command, and I find it annoying that the FreeBSD version doesn't accept this. The Patch below will allow both. Unfortunately, I'm not a mdoc person, so I did NOT do a man page patch, as I'm not familiar enough with it. If a doc person could point me to the appropriate doc, or make the change, I'd appreciate it. The patch is to /usr/src/usr.bin/last: >How-To-Repeat: type last -n 20, notice error. >Fix: --- last.c.orig Wed Oct 30 12:19:59 2002 +++ last.c Sun Jul 20 11:16:00 2003 @@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ usage(void) { (void)fprintf(stderr, -"usage: last [-#] [-y] [-d [[CC]YY][MMDD]hhmm[.SS]] [-f file] [-h host]\n" +"usage: last [-#] [-n #] [-y] [-d [[CC]YY][MMDD]hhmm[.SS]] [-f file] [-h host]\n" "\t[-t tty] [-s|w] [user ...]\n"); exit(1); } @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ maxrec = -1; snaptime = 0; - while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "0123456789d:f:h:st:wy")) != -1) + while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "0123456789d:f:h:n:st:wy")) != -1) switch (ch) { case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4': case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9': @@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ break; case 'd': snaptime = dateconv(optarg); + break; + case 'n': + maxrec = atol(optarg); break; case 'f': file = optarg; >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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