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updwtmp(3) Library Functions Manual updwtmp(3)
NAME
updwtmp, logwtmp - append an entry to the wtmp file
LIBRARY
System utilities library (libutil, -lutil)
SYNOPSIS
#include <utmp.h>
void updwtmp(const char *wtmp_file, const struct utmp *ut);
void logwtmp(const char *line, const char *name, const char *host);
DESCRIPTION
updwtmp() appends the utmp structure ut to the wtmp file.
logwtmp() constructs a utmp structure using line, name, host, current
time, and current process ID. Then it calls updwtmp() to append the
structure to the wtmp file.
FILES
/var/log/wtmp
database of past user logins
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see at-
tributes(7).
+---------------------------+---------------+--------------------------+
|Interface | Attribute | Value |
+---------------------------+---------------+--------------------------+
|updwtmp(), logwtmp() | Thread safety | MT-Unsafe sig:ALRM timer |
+---------------------------+---------------+--------------------------+
VERSIONS
For consistency with the other "utmpx" functions (see getutxent(3)),
glibc provides (since glibc 2.1):
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <utmpx.h>
void updwtmpx (const char *wtmpx_file, const struct utmpx *utx);
This function performs the same task as updwtmp(), but differs in that
it takes a utmpx structure as its last argument.
STANDARDS
None.
HISTORY
Solaris, NetBSD.
SEE ALSO
getutxent(3), wtmp(5)
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