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author | Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi> | 2011-06-06 22:44:05 +0200 |
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committer | Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi> | 2011-12-20 17:17:01 +0100 |
commit | c1b3c819b0f014f691d0cc826a69c124c844f6f4 (patch) | |
tree | 4d4e0cdc093dce43735360d32aea5bac9497ad49 /uptime.1 | |
parent | 97b08249c6bb0e8556996447b518cf35c9521273 (diff) | |
download | procps-ng-c1b3c819b0f014f691d0cc826a69c124c844f6f4.tar.gz |
docs: mention long options in man uptime.1
The commit includes few generic manual clean ups as well.
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'uptime.1')
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@@ -1,32 +1,35 @@ .\" -*-Nroff-*- .\" -.TH UPTIME 1 "26 Jan 1993" "Cohesive Systems" "Linux User's Manual" +.TH UPTIME "1" "June 2011" "procps-ng" "User Commands" .SH NAME uptime \- Tell how long the system has been running. .SH SYNOPSIS .B uptime -.br -.B uptime -.RB [ \-V ] +[\fIoptions\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION .B uptime -gives a one line display of the following information. -The current time, -how long the system has been running, -how many users are currently logged on, -and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes. - +gives a one line display of the following information. The current time, how +long the system has been running, how many users are currently logged on, and +the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes. +.PP This is the same information contained in the header line displayed by .BR w (1). -.sp -System load averages is the average number of processes that are either -in a runnable or uninterruptable state. A process in a runnable state is -either using the CPU or waiting to use the CPU. A process in -uninterruptable state is waiting for some I/O access, eg waiting for -disk. The averages are taken over the three time intervals. -Load averages are not normalized for the number of CPUs in a system, so -a load average of 1 means a single CPU system is loaded all the time -while on a 4 CPU system it means it was idle 75% of the time. +.PP +System load averages is the average number of processes that are either in a +runnable or uninterruptable state. A process in a runnable state is either +using the CPU or waiting to use the CPU. A process in uninterruptable state +is waiting for some I/O access, eg waiting for disk. The averages are taken +over the three time intervals. Load averages are not normalized for the +number of CPUs in a system, so a load average of 1 means a single CPU system +is loaded all the time while on a 4 CPU system it means it was idle 75% of +the time. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR +display this help text +.TP +\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR +display version information and exit .SH FILES .TP .I /var/run/utmp @@ -36,12 +39,20 @@ information about who is currently logged on process information .SH AUTHORS .B uptime -was written by Larry Greenfield <greenfie@gauss.rutgers.edu> and -Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@sunsite.unc.edu>. - -Please send bug reports to <procps@freelists.org> +was written by +.UR greenfie\@gauss.\:rutgers.\:edu +Larry Greenfield +.UE +and +.UR johnsonm\@sunsite.\:unc.\:edu +Michael K. Johnson +.UE .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR ps (1), .BR top (1), .BR utmp (5), .BR w (1) +.SH "REPORTING BUGS" +Please send bug reports to +.UR procps\@freelists.org +.UE |