Is who -b command available? Need to know when computer was started.

Gary Johnson garyjohn@spocom.com
Tue Oct 16 16:57:00 GMT 2018


On 2018-10-16, Peder Sverdrup via cygwin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am making a script and need to know when the computer was last booted.
> This can be done with
> 
> who -b command. I have installed the minimum cygwin and this command is not
> available.
> 
> Which package do I need to install in order to have this command available
> (or any other command
> 
> that can tell when the computer was last booted).

The procps-ng package provides the uptime command which will tell
you how long it has been since the computer was last booted.

Regards,
Gary


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