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Date:      Thu, 07 Jun 2012 21:50:32 -0700
From:      merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
To:        Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD - <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: find date of last boot
Message-ID:  <86ipf276g7.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <5E0240CD-6B6C-4221-A656-0006254132F9@mac.com> (Chuck Swiger's message of "Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:29:41 -0700")
References:  <4FD1360D.1060208@a1poweruser.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206072110350.67420@tripel.monochrome.org> <4FD15461.6090109@makeworld.com> <86obou7fly.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <5E0240CD-6B6C-4221-A656-0006254132F9@mac.com>

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>>>>> "Chuck" == Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> writes:

Chuck> FreeBSD aggressively rotates the utmp/wtmp databases; most other
Chuck> platforms leave it in place until the sysadmin decides to rotate
Chuck> it per local policy.

Chuck> Tweaking the monthly? periodic entries would change this, I'd
Chuck> imagine....

Sure, but the question was likely involving a stock system, so yes, your
mileage may vary, but let's consider a solution that works for a default
system.  "last reboot" isn't it.

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