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.\" 2008-07-02, mtk, document updwtmpx()
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.TH UPDWTMP 3 2017-09-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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updwtmp, logwtmp \- append an entry to the wtmp file
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <utmp.h>
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.PP
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.BI "void updwtmp(const char *" wtmp_file ", const struct utmp *" ut );
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.BI "void logwtmp(const char *" line ", const char *" name \
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", const char *" host );
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.fi
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.PP
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For
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.BR logwtmp (),
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link with \fI\-lutil\fP.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR updwtmp ()
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appends the utmp structure
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.I ut
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to the wtmp file.
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.PP
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.BR logwtmp ()
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constructs a utmp structure using
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.IR line ", " name ", " host ,
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current time and current process ID.
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Then it calls
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.BR updwtmp ()
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to append the structure to the wtmp file.
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.SH FILES
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.TP
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.I /var/log/wtmp
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database of past user logins
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.SH ATTRIBUTES
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For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
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.BR attributes (7).
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.TS
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allbox;
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lb lb lbw24
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l l l.
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Interface Attribute Value
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T{
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.BR updwtmp (),
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.br
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.BR logwtmp ()
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T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe sig:ALRM timer
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.TE
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.sp 1
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.SH CONFORMING TO
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Not in POSIX.1.
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Present on Solaris, NetBSD, and perhaps other systems.
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.SH NOTES
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For consistency with the other "utmpx" functions (see
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.BR getutxent (3)),
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glibc provides (since version 2.1):
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.PP
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.in +4n
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.EX
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.B #include <utmpx.h>
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.BI "void updwtmpx (const char *" wtmpx_file ", const struct utmpx *" utx );
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.EE
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.in
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.PP
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This function performs the same task as
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.BR updwtmp (),
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but differs in that it takes a
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.I utmpx
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structure as its last argument.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR getutxent (3),
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.BR wtmp (5)
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.SH COLOPHON
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This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux
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A description of the project,
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and the latest version of this page,
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\%https://www.kernel.org/doc/man\-pages/.
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