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Re: Getting time of last reboot on Linux

From Stephane CHAZELAS <stephane_chazelas@yahoo.fr>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.development.system, comp.unix.programmer
Subject Re: Getting time of last reboot on Linux
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Date 2011-12-19 12:59 +0000
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>> That will be the time init(8) was started which is different
>> from the time reported by uptime which is the time the kernel
>> itself was started, though.
>
> What kind of application would care about the distinction?

What kind of application would not care about the distinction?

They either want to know when the kernel was started, or the
last init was started. If they expect one, and are given the
other, they are going to be confused as they could be
hours/days/seconds appart.

-- 
Stephane

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      Re: Getting time of last reboot on Linux Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2011-12-18 21:29 -0500
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