uptimed
From Gentoo Wiki
(Redirected from Uprecords)
Jump to:navigation
Jump to:search
uptimed is a daemon that keeps track of a system's 'uptime' (how long a system has running between a reboot). It can be used to provide the statistical information necessary to boast about how long a system as gone between reboots. Huge nerds love this.
Installation
USE flags
USE flags for app-misc/uptimed System uptime record daemon that keeps track of your highest uptimes
selinux
|
!!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur |
Emerge
root #
emerge --ask app-misc/uptimed
Configuration
Files
- /etc/uptimed.conf - The global configuration file for uptimed.
Services
OpenRC
With OpenRC the uptimed daemon can be added to the default system runlevel with the following command:
root #
rc-update add uptimed default
This will add the uptimed daemon to start as a service whenever the system performs a full boot.
To start using uptimed now:
root #
rc-service uptimed start
systemd
When using systemd, issue the following command to start uptimed on the next boot:
root #
systemctl enable uptimed
To start using uptimed now:
root #
systemctl start uptimed
Usage
Invocation
user $
uprecords -?
usage: uprecords [OPTION]... -? this help -a do not print ansi codes -b sort by boottime -B reverse sort by boottime -k sort by sysinfo -K reverse sort by sysinfo -d print downtime seen before every uptimes instead of system -c do not show current entry if not in top entries -f run continously in a loop -s do not print extra statistics -w wide output (more than 80 cols per line) -i INTERVAL use INTERVAL seconds for loop instead of 5, implies -f -m COUNT show a maximum of top COUNT entries instead of 10 -M show next milestone -v version information
The uprecords command will print a table with system uptime information:
user $
uprecords
Removal
Unmerge
root #
emerge --ask --depclean --verbose app-misc/uptimed
See also
- uptime - A command that displays the amount of time the system has been running.
External resources
- https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-user/message/b6e85a7d66178464ec2188592bb3b2fe - A Gentoo mailing list thread where uptimed was handy.