NAME

ruptime − show host status of local machines

SYNOPSIS

ruptime [ −alrtu ]

DESCRIPTION

ruptime gives a status line like uptime for each machine on the local network; these are formed from packets broadcast by each host on the network once a minute. 

Machines for which no status report has been received for 5 minutes are shown as being down. 

Normally, the listing is sorted by host name, but this order can be changed by specifying one of the options listed below. 

The following options are available:

−a Count even those users who have been idle for an hour or more. 

−l Sort the display by load average. 

−r Reverse the sorting order. 

−t Sort the display by up time. 

−u Sort the display by number of users. 

FILES

/var/spool/rwho/whod.∗ data files

SEE ALSO

rwho(1), rwhod(1M)

NOTES

Ruptime shows a remote sytem up only if rwhod(1M) is running on both the local machine and the remote machine, and they both are on the same physical network or if their bridge/router passes rwhod broadcasts between subnets, and if the remote system has been up long enough to generate its first rwho broadcast. 

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