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1.1       root        1: .\"    @(#)wtmp.5      4.1 (Berkeley) 5/15/85
                      2: .\"
                      3: .TH WTMP 5 
                      4: .AT 3
                      5: .tr ||
                      6: .SH NAME
                      7: wtmp \- user login history
                      8: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      9: This
                     10: file records all logins and logouts.
                     11: Its format is exactly like
                     12: .IR utmp (5)
                     13: except that
                     14: a null user name indicates a logout on the associated
                     15: typewriter.
                     16: Furthermore, the typewriter name `~' indicates that the
                     17: system was rebooted at the indicated time;
                     18: the adjacent pair of entries with typewriter names
                     19: `|' and `}' indicate the system-maintained time
                     20: just before and just after a
                     21: .I date
                     22: command has changed the system's idea of the time.
                     23: .PP
                     24: .I Wtmp
                     25: is maintained by
                     26: .IR login (1)
                     27: and
                     28: .IR init (8).
                     29: Neither of these programs creates the file,
                     30: so if it is removed record-keeping is turned off.
                     31: It is summarized by
                     32: .IR ac (1).
                     33: .SH FILES
                     34: /usr/adm/wtmp
                     35: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     36: utmp(5), login(1), init(8), ac(1), who(1)

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