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31.Dd March 1, 2003
32.Dt RUPTIME 1
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ruptime
36.Nd show host status of local machines
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl alrtu
40.Op Ar host ...
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility gives a status line like
45.Xr uptime 1
46for each machine on the local network; these are formed from packets
47broadcast by each host on the network once every three minutes.
48.Pp
49If no operands are given,
50.Nm
51displays uptime status for all machines;
52otherwise only those hosts specified on the command line are displayed.
53If hosts are specified on the command line, the sort order is equivalent
54to the order hosts were specified on the command line.
55.Pp
56Machines for which no status report has been received for 11
57minutes are shown as being down, and machines for which no status
58report has been received for 4 days are not shown in the list at all.
59.Pp
60The options are as follows:
61.Bl -tag -width Ds
62.It Fl a
63Include all users.
64By default, if a user has not typed to the system for
65an hour or more, then the user will be omitted from the output.
66.It Fl l
67Sort by load average.
68.It Fl r
69Reverse the sort order.
70.It Fl t
71Sort by uptime.
72.It Fl u
73Sort by number of users.
74.El
75.Pp
76The default listing is sorted by host name.
77.Sh FILES
78.Bl -tag -width /var/rwho/whod.* -compact
79.It Pa /var/rwho/whod.*
80data files
81.El
82.Sh SEE ALSO
83.Xr rwho 1 ,
84.Xr uptime 1 ,
85.Xr rwhod 8
86.Sh HISTORY
87A
88.Nm
89utility appeared in
90.Bx 4.2 .
91