Re: GLUG: when did it went down ?

[Thomas Andrews <tandrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can also use logger to put messages into the syslog.

benico wrote:
> 
> uptime: no (It stayed off untill I put it on again).
> crond: (wasn't running then - it is now)
> syslog: I couldn't find any usefull activity in /var/log/*
> 
> Let me explain the situation in more detail:
> I logged out at 00h24:??
> somewhere in between then and 16h00 that afternoon ...
> little two year old fingers pushed some buttons ...
> ( a normal procedure followed on keybord buttons & all
> other sorts of buttons too )
> and I was just curious to know if the OS knew the time it was
> severed from its power supply :-)
> 
> Ive put in /etc/cron.5min/foobar a
> date >> /var/log/lastime
> with
> date > /var/log/lastime
> in /etc/cron.daily/foobar (to keep things to size)
> 
> but this seems so ... crude ?
> 
> --
> regards
> 
> Benico vd Westhuizen
> benicovdw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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