Hi Peter, > Hardinfo gives me a list of every time I have booted the computer, and > as I turn it off every night it's quite a long list. Anybody know how > to clean out that list?
I'd use last(1) for that and https://github.com/hardinfo2/hardinfo2/blob/master/modules/computer/boots.c, which may be similar to the code you're running, does too. It runs ‘last -Fw’ and looks for ‘system boot’. Perhaps you have ‘force all details’ turned on so get a long list, or the version you're running doesn't otherwise have the limit of twenty entries. last(1) points to wtmp(5). You'll probably find /var/log/wtmp* matches more than one file which suggests something on your system is rotating the current one out of the way occasionally to create a new one. Here, /etc/logrotate.conf has /var/log/wtmp { monthly create 0664 root utmp minsize 1M rotate 1 } but your system may do it differently. -- Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2025-02-04 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
