From: Miek Gieben <miekg@atoom.net>
To: zsh users <zsh-users@sunsite.dk>
Subject: Re: the watch variable
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:35:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031215183544.GA20244@atoom.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1031215182445.ZM13075@candle.brasslantern.com>
[On 15 Dec, @19:24, Bart wrote in "Re: the watch variable ..."]
> On Dec 14, 1:04am, Miek Gieben wrote:
> }
> } WATCHFMT='At %T %n has %a from %M.'
> } watch=( notme )
> }
> } And I notice that the login times are correct, i.e. it is the time
> } that the person actually logged in. But the log off times are wrong.
> } I'm seeing the current time in stead of the actual time someone logged
> } off.
> }
> } Is this a bug?
>
> No, though I suppose you could call it a misfeature.
>
> Zsh only examines the most recent 50 records when determining login/out
> times, because searching the entire wtmp file would take far too long.
> So if there's a lot of activity on the system, the record for the person
> in question may have been pushed beyond 50-record region, and zsh falls
> back to the current time.
>
> If that doesn't seem to explain what you're seeing, let zsh-workers know.
yes, that explains it. Although I have never seen it when people are logging
in,
thanks,
grtz
Miek
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2003-12-14 0:04 Miek Gieben
2003-12-15 18:24 ` Bart Schaefer
2003-12-15 18:35 ` Miek Gieben [this message]
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