Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 15:10:17 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Another uptime story Message-ID: <b79ecaef0905270710v2beee3cdt1e70cced11a2cba3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b79ecaef0905270709h32daa57dqe5a1524755050c30@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A1CB002.9070904@ibctech.ca> <20090527052335.7a71bfc6.freebsd@edvax.de> <4ad871310905262234s35857487xbf631bea45a018e@mail.gmail.com> <b79ecaef0905270645i500318efn9e71cff1ea58faf5@mail.gmail.com> <d356c5630905270702q31e06a0j31b48f138ed9b3b0@mail.gmail.com> <b79ecaef0905270709h32daa57dqe5a1524755050c30@mail.gmail.com>
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2009/5/27 Andrew Gould <andrewlylegould@gmail.com>: > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> wrot= e: >> >> 2009/5/27 Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>: >> > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: >> >> Maybe there's a way of patching the uptime utility that it adds >> >> the previous uptime of the system (since last shutdown) to the >> >> actual uptime. I know this denies everything uptime stands for, >> >> let's call it accumulated uptime. :-) >> >> >> > >> > I like that idea, actually.. Not for faking cumulative uptime. =A0It'd >> > be kinda nice knowing how long a particular machine has been 'alive' >> > without looking through service tag records. >> > >> > -- >> > Glen Barber >> >> How about: >> >> [chris@amnesiac]~% ls -l /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key.pub >> -rw-r--r-- =A01 root =A0wheel =A0324 Apr 15 =A02008 /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ke= y.pub >> [chris@amnesiac]~% >> >> I think I'd cry if I were to lose 553 days of uptime.... >> >> Chris > > You could write a script that sends uptime output and a start/stop flag t= o a > database when the system starts and stops.=A0 This wouldn't account for > improper shutdowns, although you could tell when a "stop" date/time was > missing. > > If you also=A0 documented the installation date/time of various component= s, > you could also track their lives separately. > > Andrew > I use: http://www.uptimes-project.org/hosts/view/2288 Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
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