Re: [RFC] what should 'uptime' be on suspend?

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Fri Jul 20 2007 - 17:42:18 EST


On Friday, 20 July 2007 19:57, Ken Moffat wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 10:42:15AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> >
> > man uptime:
> > uptime - tell how long the system has been running
> >
> > I claim that the system is not running when it is suspended,
> > so the suspension time should not be included in uptime.
> >
> So, maybe I shouldn't have put corrected in inverted commas,
> because this was a real correction and my previous usage was an
> unintended side-effect of an error.
>
> Anyway, the current behaviour is known and I guess any attempt to
> change it (e.g. to what Bill was expecting) won't be well received.

I agree.

Greetings,
Rafael


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