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From: Gary Johnson <garyjohn@spocom.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Is who -b command available? Need to know when computer was started.
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:57:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181016165745.GA1226@phoenix> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <014001d46565$feedda10$fcc98e30$@yahoo.com>

On 2018-10-16, Peder Sverdrup via cygwin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am making a script and need to know when the computer was last booted.
> This can be done with
> 
> who -b command. I have installed the minimum cygwin and this command is not
> available.
> 
> Which package do I need to install in order to have this command available
> (or any other command
> 
> that can tell when the computer was last booted).

The procps-ng package provides the uptime command which will tell
you how long it has been since the computer was last booted.

Regards,
Gary


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-10-16 16:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-16 15:36 Peder Sverdrup via cygwin
2018-10-16 16:03 ` john doe
2018-10-16 16:57 ` Gary Johnson [this message]
2018-10-16 17:34   ` EXTERNAL: " Wells, Roger K.
2018-10-17  2:21   ` Brian Inglis
2018-10-16 18:54 ` cyg Simple

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