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to: MARKUS RESCHKE
from: PAUL QUINN
date: 2015-02-20 21:32:00
subject: Debian wheezy uptime

Hi! Markus,

On 20/02/2015 8:33 PM, you wrote to Darryl Perry:

 DP>> Each of those files exist, and the man for uptime does not exist.

 MR> I guess the next step is to download the procps package, extract uptime
 MR> and its man page and copy both to the correct locations.

Behind curtain #2 lurks a bash script of the name 'uptime', which extracts the
top line of the "w" command output.  It breaks nothing and survives future OS
upgrades... mmm... maybe.  8-)

Cheers,
Paul.

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