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UPDWTMP(3)

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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       updwtmp, logwtmp - append an entry to the wtmp file

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <utmp.h>

       void updwtmp(const char *wtmp_file, const struct utmp *ut);
       void logwtmp(const char *line, const char *name, const char *host);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       updwtmp() appends the utmp structure ut to the wtmp file.

       logwtmp()  constructs an utmp structure using line, name, host, current
       time and current process id.  Then it calls  updwtmp()  to  append  the
       structure to the utmp file.

AVAILABILITY    [Toc]    [Back]

       Both  functions	are available under glibc2, but not under libc5.  However,
 logwtmp occurs in the old libbsd.

FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       /var/log/wtmp
	      database of past user logins

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
       wtmp(5)



GNU				  1997-07-02			    UPDWTMP(3)
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