From: Matthew Moss Date: 2008-08-23T23:35:48+09:00 Subject: [QUIZ] Uptime Since... (#174) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The three rules of Ruby Quiz 2: 1. Please do not post any solutions or spoiler discussion for this quiz until 48 hours have passed from the time on this message. 2. Support Ruby Quiz 2 by submitting ideas as often as you can! (A permanent, new website is in the works for Ruby Quiz 2. Until then, please visit the temporary website at . 3. Enjoy! Suggestion: A [QUIZ] in the subject of emails about the problem helps everyone on Ruby Talk follow the discussion. Please reply to the original quiz message, if you can. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ## Uptime Since... (#174) Nice and easy one this week. Your task is to write a Ruby script that reports the date and time of your last reboot, making use of the `uptime` command. While `uptime` is available on the various Unixes and Mac OS X, Windows users might need to do a little extra work. Here are [two][1] [options][2] for Windows users. [1]: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555737 [2]: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5826014.html -- Matthew Moss