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32.\"     @(#)rwho.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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34.Dd June 6, 1993
35.Dt RWHO 1
36.Os BSD 4.2
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm rwho
39.Nd who is logged in on local machines
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm rwho
42.Op Fl a
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm rwho
46command produces output similar to
47.Xr who ,
48but for all machines on the local network.
49If no report has been
50received from a machine for 5 minutes then
51.Nm rwho
52assumes the machine is down, and does not report users last known
53to be logged into that machine.
54.Pp
55If a users hasn't typed to the system for a minute or more, then
56.Nm rwho
57reports this idle time.  If a user hasn't typed to the system for
58an hour or more, then
59the user will be omitted from the output of
60.Nm rwho
61unless the
62.Fl a
63flag is given.
64.Sh FILES
65.Bl -tag -width /var/rwho/rhowd.* -compact
66.It Pa /var/rwho/whod.*
67information about other machines
68.El
69.Sh SEE ALSO
70.Xr ruptime 1 ,
71.Xr rwhod 8
72.Sh HISTORY
73The
74.Nm rwho
75command
76appeared in
77.Bx 4.3 .
78.Sh BUGS
79This is unwieldy when the number of machines
80on the local net is large.
81