On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 08:46:14AM -0600, Ben Kochie wrote: > of course everyone is going to say uptime, but real geeks cat /proc/uptime > ;) Nodoby asked what we _use_ for it. However, when someone asks, "How can I find my system's up time?" the correct answer _must_ be "uptime", simply for the 'your question contains the answer' factor. Personally, I don't use any of the suggested commands directly. I run wmmon on my WindowMaker dock (and have it start automatically when I go into X): 0 keystrokes! When I'm not in X, I prefer `ud -d`, which, in addition to showing current uptime, also shows my top three recorded uptimes, thusly: genma ~$ ud -d - Uptime for genma - Now : 1 day(s), 09:00:46 running Linux 2.2.16 One : 86 day(s), 11:28:48 running Linux 2.2.9, ended Thu Dec 9 11:04:35 1999 Two : 76 day(s), 14:10:15 running Linux 2.2.14, ended Thu Jun 22 08:40:56 2000 Three: 60 day(s), 21:18:25 running Linux 2.2.16, ended Mon Sep 25 16:48:41 2000 -- "Two words: Windows survives." - Craig Mundie, Microsoft senior strategist "So does syphillis. Good thing we have penicillin." - Matthew Alton Geek Code 3.1: GCS d? s+: a- C++ UL++$ P++>+++ L+++>++++ E- W--(++) N+ o+ !K w---$ O M- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t 5++ X+ R++ tv b+ DI++++ D G e* h+ r++ y+