Debian bug report logs - #1164 who --help uses /etc/{w,u}tmp Package: shellutils ; Reported by: Charles A. Stickelman ; 95 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From cmhcsys.com!chuck Fri Jul 28 06:10:59 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sbpBr-000Bc9C; Fri, 28 Jul 95 06:10 PDT Received: from debian.cmhcsys.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22189 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Fri, 28 Jul 1995 06:10:55 -0700 Received: by debian.cmhcsys.com id m0sbpJQ-00009GC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.31); Fri, 28 Jul 95 09:18 EDT Message-Id: Subject: who --help uses /etc/{w,u}tmp To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 09:18:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles A. Stickelman X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 PGP2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1083 Package: shellutils Version: 1.12-3 The output of `who --help` references /etc/utmp and /etc/wtmp. This should be changed to reflect the actual locations: /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/utmp bash$ who --version who - GNU sh-utils 1.12 bash$ who --help Usage: who [OPTION]... [ FILE | ARG1 ARG2 ] -H, --heading print line of column headings -T, -w, --mesg add user's message status as +, - or ? -i, -u, --idle add user idle time as HOURS:MINUTES, . or old -m only hostname and user associated with stdin -q, --count all login names and number of users logged on -s (ignored) --help display this help and exit --message same as -T --version output version information and exit --writeable same as -T ^^^^^^^^^ [Also, ispell says this should be "writable".] If FILE not given, uses /etc/utmp. /etc/wtmp as FILE is common. If ARG1 ARG2 given, -m presumed: `am i' or `mom likes' are usual. Chuck -- Charles A. Stickelman -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to Charles A. Stickelman : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1164 ; Package shellutils . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov