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Hi.

My application code needs to know how long has the system been up. How can
it find out?

I'm figuring I can read "/proc/uptime", but is there a better way? What do
the 2 numbers in that file mean? Thanks!

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That _is_ the way. The first number is the number of seconds the machine
has been up, the second the amount of idle time.

See the manpages for proc ('man proc') for confirmation and details.

HTH,
--ag

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