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Date:      Wed, 13 Oct 1999 04:43:16 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/14299: ruptime(1) manpage doesn't say hosts down for 4 days are ignored.
Message-ID:  <E11bFJs-0008hb-00@magnesium.scientia.demon.co.uk>

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>Number:         14299
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       ruptime(1) manpage doesn't say hosts down for 4 days are ignored.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct 12 21:00:00 PDT 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ben Smithurst
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.2-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

>Description:

ruptime(1) doesn't show hosts in the output list at all if they have
been down for four days or more [*], yet the manpage does not document this
behaviour.

[*] as shown by the code

...
#define LEFTEARTH(h)            (now - (h)->hs_wd->wd_recvtime > 4*24*60*60)
...
        for (i = 0; i < nhosts; i++) {
                hsp = &hs[i];
                if (LEFTEARTH(hsp))
                        continue;
...

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

--- ruptime.1.orig	Wed Oct 13 04:33:46 1999
+++ ruptime.1	Wed Oct 13 04:36:33 1999
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
 broadcast by each host on the network once every three minutes.
 .Pp
 Machines for which no status report has been received for 11
-minutes are shown as being down.
+minutes are shown as being down, and machines for which no status report has
+been received for 4 days are not shown in the list at all.
 .Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds

(sorry, this is against the -stable version, not -current, but that's
all I have here.)

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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