Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 18:38:38 +0300 (EEST) From: Heikki Suonsivu <hsu@mail.clinet.fi> To: ee96199@tom.fe.up.pt Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bin/4187: w command Message-ID: <199707311538.SAA23414@katiska.clinet.fi> In-Reply-To: jmg@bug.fe.up.pt's message of 29 Jul 1997 07:53:07 %2B0300 References: <199707281552.QAA00784@garfield.telepac.pt>
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From: jmg@bug.fe.up.pt
>Synopsis: The w command should have a larger tty field
Like most Unices FreeBSD should have a larger tty field at least
as large as UT_LINESIZE (/usr/include/utmp.h). If the tty name is logged
with this size why isn't the w command reporting it?
All of it should be larger. Most most host names are longer than 16 bytes,
for example. Making it variable-length ascii file would seem best, but
will need some form of compatibility and lots of communication between
various unices to avoid everyone inventing their own.
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