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- .th UTMP V 9/10/73
- .sh NAME
- utmp \*- user information
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- This
- file allows one to discover information about who is currently
- using UNIX.
- The file is binary; each entry is 16(10) bytes long.
- The first eight bytes contain a user's login name or
- are null if the table slot is unused.
- The low order byte of the next word contains the last
- character of a typewriter name.
- The next two words contain the user's login time.
- The last word is unused.
- .sh FILES
- /etc/utmp
- .sh "SEE ALSO"
- init (VIII) and login (I), which maintain the file;
- who (I), which interprets it.
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