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From: rlw@ttardis.UUCP (Ron Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general
Subject: Re: Fix for system BOOT date&time, all SysV systems
Keywords: Summary: My UNIX-PC's who -r shows the time last powered off
Message-ID: <2411@ttardis.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jan 90 15:33:04 GMT
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In article <4392@cuuxb.ATT.COM>, fmcgee@cuuxb.ATT.COM (~XT6561110~Frank McGee~C23~L25~6326~) writes:
>In article <25468@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes:
>>Fix for system BOOT date & time, all SysV systems --
>>
>>In the absence of the following "fixes", it "appears" the boot date&time is
>>derived from the last update date&time on /etc/inittab, even if one's /etc/rc
>>script has command(s) to set the present date&time.
>
>Don't know about your systems, but on our systems here (running 386 Unix
>Sys V Rel 3.2.1 and 3.2.2) who -r shows the correct boot time.
>
>Both have inittabs dating back to 1989, and both show a boot date of
>Jan 2, with the correct times.
>
>Maybe you're referring to Unix PC Unix ?

On my UNIX-PC (system software rel 3.51), the boot time displayed by who
is derived from the interrupt driven software clock.

After powering up the machine, the software clock is set to whatever time it
(would have) reported just before shutdown followed by power down.

If I simply reboot (without powering down and back up), It only looses about
20 or 30 seconds.