NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     uptime - show how long system has been running

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     uptime [-M core] [-N system]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The uptime utility displays the current time, the length  of
time the system
  has  been up, the number of users, and the load average
of the system
     over the last 1, 5, and 15 minutes.  This is the ``heading''
information
     from w(1).

     The options are as follows:

     -M core
             Extract  values  associated  with the name list from
the specified
             core instead of the running kernel.

     -N system
             Extract the name list from the specified system  instead of the
             running kernel.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     w(1)

HISTORY    [Toc]    [Back]

     The uptime command appeared in 3.0BSD.

OpenBSD      3.6                          August     12,     1999