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From: mike@bria.UUCP (mike.stefanik)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: /usr/adm/wtmp file
Message-ID: <263@bria.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 91 22:15:32 GMT
References: <+7UI1.#@linac.fnal.gov>
Reply-To: uunet!bria!mike
Organization: MGI Group International, Los Angeles, CA
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In an article, looi@sutro.SFSU.EDU writes:
|I'd like some suggestions on how to trim/prune the ever growing wtmp
|file. Is there any built-in AIX tool that helps to accomplish this?
|Thanks in advance.

Read about the fwtmp command; in short, it will dump a utmp file to text,
which can then be trimmed with tail, and then read it back again.

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Michael Stefanik, MGI Inc, Los Angeles | Opinions stated are never realistic
Title of the week: Systems Engineer    | UUCP: ...!uunet!bria!mike
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