LAST(1)                 GENIX Programmer's Manual                 LAST(1)



      NAME
           last - indicate last logins of users and teletypes

      SYNOPSIS
           last [ name ...  ] [ tty ...  ]

      DESCRIPTION
           Last will look back in the wtmp file which records  all  logins  and
           logouts  for  information  about  a user, a teletype or any group of
           users and teletypes.  Arguments specify names of users or  teletypes
           of  interest.  Names of teletypes may be given fully or abbreviated.
           For example `last 0' is the same as `last tty0'.  If multiple  argu-
           ments  are  given, the information which applies to any of the argu-
           ments is printed.  For example `last root console' would list all of
           "root's"  sessions  as well as all sessions on the console terminal.
           Last will print the sessions of the specified users  and  teletypes,
           most  recent first, indicating the times at which the session began,
           the duration of the session, and the teletype which the session took
           place  on.  If the session is still continuing or was cut short by a
           reboot, last so indicates.

           The pseudo-user reboot logs in at reboots of the system, thus

                last reboot

           will give an indication of mean time between reboot.

           Last with no arguments prints a record of all logins and logouts, in
           reverse order.

           If last is interrupted, it indicates how far  the  search  has  pro-
           gressed  in  wtmp. If interrupted with a quit signal (generated by a
           control-\) last indicates how far the search has progressed so  far,
           and the search continues.

      FILES
           /usr/adm/wtmp           login data base
           /usr/adm/shutdownlog    which records shutdowns and reasons for same

      SEE ALSO
           wtmp(5), ac(8), lastcomm(1)

      AUTHOR
           Howard Katseff











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