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1 perry 1 UPDWTMP
2 !!!UPDWTMP
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 AVAILABILITY
7 FILES
8 SEE ALSO
9 ----
10 !!NAME
11
12
13 updwtmp, logwtmp - append an entry to the wtmp file
14 !!SYNOPSIS
15
16
17 __#include
18 __''wtmp_file''__, const struct utmp *__''ut''__);
19 void logwtmp(const char *__''line''__, const char *__''name''__, const char *__''host''__);
20 __
21 !!DESCRIPTION
22
23
24 __updwtmp__() appends the utmp structure ''ut'' to the
25 wtmp file.
26
27
28 __logwtmp__() constructs an utmp structure using
29 ''line'', ''name'', ''host'', current time and
30 current process id. Then it calls __updwtmp__() to append
31 the structure to the utmp file.
32 !!AVAILABILITY
33
34
35 Both functions are available under glibc2, but not under
36 libc5. However, __logwtmp__ occurs in the old
37 libbsd.
38 !!FILES
39
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41 ''/var/log/wtmp''
42
43
44 database of past user logins
45 !!SEE ALSO
46
47
48 wtmp(5)
49 ----
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