.TH UPTIMED 8 "May 28, 2004"
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.SH NAME
uptimed \- daemon to record uptime records

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B uptimed
[ \fB-?bv\fP ] [ \fB-e\fP <email> ] [ \fB-i\fP <interval> ] [ \fB-m\fP <count> ]

.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents the
.B uptimed
program.
.PP
.B uptimed
is a daemon that records statistics about a machine's uptime. Use the 
.B uprecords(1)
program to get uptime record statistics.

.SH OPTIONS
These command-line options override settings in the configuration file 
.B /etc/uptimed.conf
.TP
.B \-?
Show usage
.TP
.B \-b
Create bootid and exit. This option is ignored on BSD systems, because the
BSD kernel keeps a static boot time variable in memory so Uptimed does not
need to cache this value.
.TP
\fB\-p\fP <file>
Write PID to pidfile <file>
.TP
\fB\-e\fP <email>
Send mail to <email> at milestones/records
.TP
\fB\-i\fP <interval>
Use <interval> seconds for loop
.TP
\fB\-m\fP <count>
Log a maximum of <count> entries
.TP
\fB\-t\fP <timespec>
Set the minimum uptime to be considered a record
.TP
.B \-v
Show version information

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR uprecords (1)
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.SH AUTHOR
Rob Kaper <cap@capsi.com>.

This manual page was written by Alan Ford <alan@whirlnet.co.uk>, for the
Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). It was last modified
for
.B uptimed
version 0.3.7.