Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:51:39 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Thomas M. Sommers" <tms2@mail.ptd.net> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: top uptime! Message-ID: <3AE111DB.BE02664D@softweyr.com> References: <20010421093009.M72002@wantadilla.lemis.com> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104201716040.17317-100000@pilchuck.reedmedia.net> <20010420212338.Z41536@bsd.havk.org> <3AE0FADE.5801FF96@mail.ptd.net>
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"Thomas M. Sommers" wrote:
>
> Steve Price wrote:
> >
> >. However the uptime counter
> > (cat /proc/uptime) is counted in seconds in a 32bit variable. So it
> > isn't possible for a Linux box to show more than 497 days of uptime
> > because the uptime rolls over then. FWIW.
>
> But 497 days is only about 4.3e7 seconds, whereas 32 bits can count
> about 2e9 seconds (signed).
Microseconds?
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