From: Dana Merrick <dmerrick@...>
Date: 2008-08-26T06:51:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Uptime Since... (#174)

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Nathan Powell wrote:
> Mine (Only tested on a couple of Linux boxes):
>=20
>=20
> if `uptime`.include? "day"
>   puts(Time.now - ((`uptime`.split[2].to_i * 1440) + (`uptime`.split[4]=
=2Esplit(":")[0].to_i * 60) + (`uptime`.split[4].split(":")[1].to_i)) * 6=
0)
> elsif `uptime`.include? "min"
>   puts(Time.now - `uptime`.split[2].split(":")[0].to_i * 60)
> else
>   puts(Time.now - (`uptime`.split[2].split(":")[0].to_i * 60) + (`uptim=
e`.split[2].split(":")[1].to_i))
> end

I may be wrong, but won't the results from this be skewed because you are=

running uptime several times (and presumably the resulting data will be
different each time you run it)?

It's not like that couldn't be fixed very easily by just assigning a vari=
able.
Nice solution, though!

-Dana


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Dana Merrick - System Administrator
Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
54B Middlesex Tpke, Bedford, MA 01730
617.621.0060 x112 - http://www.ics.com


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