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output from 'last'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Vicherek)
Sun Feb 4 16:18:48 1996
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 1996 02:59:47 -0500 (EST)
From: Jan Vicherek <jvichere@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>
To: Linux NEWBIE mailing list <linux-newbie@vger.rutgers.edu>,
Linux NET mailing list <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
the length of the third column (name/address of originating machine) was
(I guess) poorly designed. In case of IP addr instead of name the output
has truncated last digit:
mamama ttyp5 123.123.123.12 Fri Jan 26 19:28 - 19:53 (00:25)
Is there anything anybody can do about it ? Where does 'last' come from ?
Is the length 14 standartized somewhere ?
Are there pgms out there that rely on the size of this field being 14 ?
(it *should* be 15 :-( )
TTYL,
Jan
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