HP-UX Remote Access Services Administrator's Guide

The ruptime Command
ruptime produces a status line for each machine on the local network that is running
the rwho daemon. ruptime’s status lines are formed from packets broadcasted every
3 minutes between the rwho daemons on each host on the network. Each status line
has a field for the machine name, the status of the machine, the time duration for which
the machine was up or down, the number of users logged in to the machine, and the
1-, 5-, and 15-minute load averages for the machine when the packet was sent.
The syntax for ruptime is as follows:
ruptime [-a] [-r] [-l] [-t] [-u]
The status of the machine is reported as up unless no report is received from the machine
for 11 minutes. The time duration for which the machine is up is shown as follows:
days+hours:minutes
Load averages are the average number of jobs in the run queue over the last 1-, 5-, and
15-minute intervals when the packet was sent.
An example status line output by ruptime is as follows:
machine1 up 1+5:15, 7 users, load 1.47, 1.16, 0.80
The output line indicates that machine1:
• Is currently up.
• Has been up for 1 day, 5 hours, and 15 minutes.
• Currently has 7 users logged in.
• Over the last 1-minute interval, an average of 1.47 jobs were in the run queue.
• Over the last 5-minute interval, an average of 1.16 jobs were in the run queue.
• Over the last 15-minute interval, an average of 0.80 jobs were in the run queue.
If a user has not used the system for an hour or more, the user is considered idle. Idle
users are not shown unless you specify the -a option.
Sorting Order Options
Table 1-5 describes the options that change the sorting order. If you do not specify any
option, the listing is sorted by host name.
Table 1-5 Sorting Order Options
DescriptionOption
Sorts by load average.
-l
Sorts by up time.
-t
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