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.\"	$Id: rwho.1,v 1.12 2000/07/30 23:57:06 dholland Exp $
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.Dd August 15, 1999
.Dt RWHO 1
.Os "Linux NetKit (0.17)"
.Sh NAME
.Nm rwho
.Nd who is logged in on local machines
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm rwho
.Op Fl a
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm rwho
command produces output similar to
.Xr who ,
but for all machines on the local network.
If no report has been
received from a machine for 11 minutes then
.Nm rwho
assumes the machine is down, and does not report users last known
to be logged into that machine.
.Pp
If a users hasn't typed to the system for a minute or more, then
.Nm rwho
reports this idle time.  If a user hasn't typed to the system for
an hour or more, then
the user will be omitted from the output of
.Nm rwho
unless the
.Fl a
flag is given.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /var/spool/rwho/rwhod.* -compact
.It Pa /var/spool/rwho/whod.*
information about other machines
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr finger 1 ,
.Xr rup 1 ,
.Xr ruptime 1 ,
.Xr rusers 1 ,
.Xr who 1 ,
.Xr rwhod 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm rwho
command
appeared in
.Bx 4.3 .
.Sh BUGS
This is unwieldy when the number of machines
on the local net is large.