Bug#3989: `w' produces corrupted output
Package: procps
Version: 1.01a-1
-chiark:~> w
2:13pm up 17 days, 12:23, 12 users, load average: 0.31, 0.20, 0.14
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
richard ttyp0 mojave.elmail.co 9:24am 26.00s 0.65s 0.65s -bash
pjb1008 ttyp2 ash.eng:0.0 10:00am 12:37 1.50s 1.24s -bash
ian ttyp1 :0.0 11:22am 2:51m 1:36 0.63s xclock
ian ttyp3 :0.0 11:22am 2:51m 0.14s 0.14s bash
ian ttyp7 :0.0 11:23am 1.00s 0.54s 0.25s w
matthew ttyp8 puffball.atml.co 11:30am 2:43m 0.36s 0.36s bash
kat ttypa mtcsf.mt.ic.ac.u 12:07pm 1:19m 0.82s 0.51s trn
steve ttypb theron.cl.cam.ac 12:31pm 1:27 13.01s 12.80s pine
steve ttypc theron.cl.cam.ac 12:32pm 0.00s 0.49s 0.22s ftp ftp.mcc.ac.
ian ttypd :0.0 2:09pm 11.00s 0.10s 0.09s rlogin localhos
ijackson ttype localhost 2:09pm 11.00s 0.37s 0.37s /bin/bash
root ttypf :0.0 2:09pm 3:30 0.24s 0.24s bash
-chiark:~>
And, from one of my users:
chiark:richard$ w
2:09pm up 17 days, 12:19, 13 users, load average: 0.29, 0.18, 0.14
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
richard ttyp0 mojave.elmail.co 9:24am 0.00s 1.08s 0.60s w
pjb1008 ttyp2 ash.eng:0.0 10:00am 8:38 1.50s 1.24s -bash
ian ttyp1 :0.0 11:22am 2:47m 1:36 0.61s xclock
ian ttyp3 :0.0 11:22am 2:47m 0.14s 0.14s bash
ian ttyp7 :0.0 11:23am 9.00s 0.26s 0.26s bash
matthew ttyp8 puffball.atml.co 11:30am 2:39m 0.36s 0.36s bash
ian ttyp9 :0.0 2:09pm 30.00s 0.13s 0.13s trn
kat ttypa mtcsf.mt.ic.ac.u 12:07pm 1:15m 0.82s 0.51s trn
steve ttypb theron.cl.cam.ac 12:31pm 35:58 12.20s 11.99s pine
steve ttypc theron.cl.cam.ac 12:32pm 1:37m 0.22s 0.22s bash
ian ttypd :0.0 2:09pm 22.00s 0.10s 0.09s rlogin localhos
ijackson ttype localhost 2:09pm 22.00s 0.46s 0.09s mailx
root ttypf :0.0 2:09pm 1.00s 0.18s 0.17s bash
chiark:richard$
As he says, it's also not clear what units the idle times 8:38 and
35:58 are supposed to be.
Ian.
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