uptime

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2010-07-26 at 14:42 -0400, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
> On 07/25/2010 07:07 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Sun, 2010-07-25 at 12:54 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote:
> >> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 09:45:03AM -0500, Jordon Bedwell wrote:
> >>> On 7/25/10 9:42 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> is there a way to know what time is the system is up and running in hrs:mm:secs
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>>
> >>>> Kaushal
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Your title says it all. "uptime" is the command.
> >>
> >> My laptop shows:
> >>
> >> holtzm at localhost:~$ uptime
> >>   12:50:07 up 44 min,  4 users,  load average: 0.10, 0.18, 0.36
> >>
> >> 4 users???!!! Can someone clarify this for me?
> >
> > Mine is now showing 3 users. I'm logged into X, with two terminal
> > windows open. Nope, just closed one terminal, exited out of a text
> > terminal login (F1), and it still shows 3 users now. Weird. Ric
> 
> 	Hrmmm, ghost? Methinks it's time to don your tinfoil.  Any dark colored 
> helicopters in your vicinity?

Heh, as a matter of fact, the klaxons are wailing at the NSA, the guard
dogs set loose and the jackboots are loading into the black helios as I
type. They're on to us, Dave, it would seem. I didn't know you hung
around in these parts. <sniff sniff> ...but I could of eventually
guessed.  <cackles manically> Ric