(last.patch) What is it? It's a utility enhancement patch. It makes the last command work more like the standard unix last command. It was written for circle30bpl15, but it's pretty generic and i'm sure you can move it around. I don't know what unix is. What are you talking about? I like last the way it is! Well, yes, and I'm sure your ancestors took a bit longer coming down out of the trees. All the same, wouldn't want to be biased by your sloping foreheads and over-abundance of body hair. Damn neandtheral ape men. Here's an example; OLD LAST: > last xap [ 1] [34 Wa] Xap : localhost : Tue Aug 3 05:25:32 1999 New Last: > last xap [ 1] [34 Wa] Xap : localhost : Tue Aug 3 05:25:32 1999 > last 4 oa Last log Oa localhost Tue Aug 3 05:25 - Still Playing Oa localhost Tue Aug 3 05:05 - 05:24 (00:18) Oa localhost Tue Aug 3 05:04 - 05:05 (00:00) Oa localhost Tue Aug 3 05:04 - Crash > last 8 Arvo sir1-cs-3.win.bright Tue Aug 3 04:05 - 04:31 (00:25) Quit Sauron 202.135.188.78 Tue Aug 3 02:07 - 03:08 (01:01) Idleout Korin 141.165.44.236 Tue Aug 3 01:24 - 01:47 (00:23) Quit Oa localhost Tue Aug 3 00:54 - Still Playing Arunic kuroo.dot.rrnet.com Tue Aug 3 00:53 - 02:22 (01:29) Disconnect Kathal garcia.efn.org Tue Aug 3 00:48 - 00:50 (00:02) Quit Dathag garcia.efn.org Tue Aug 3 00:45 - 04:22 (03:36) Quit Tarn ppp36.dyn122.pacific Mon Aug 2 23:52 - 00:20 (00:28) Quit Oh gee. that's neat. Yes. Yes it is. For shame you ever doubted me. You've made me quite cross. What else does it do? Nothing. Anything else to know? You don't have to scrap old pfiles, you won't have to deal with anything even as large as a syslog entry for any entire session (that's including if they get disconnected and log back in). It does seem to have a minor bug; the first entry is invariably set to type 'CRASH' which I know the cause of, but I'm not that worried about it. What about the standard disclaimer? I really don't care how you use this code, and to whom you assign credit. It was written under the heavy influence of anime and cinnamon sugar donut holes and unless you can get me a jelly roll and the power cosmic, you have nothing I want. You can abuse the code in anyway you want, take it to a bath house and violate it 7 ways to friday, I dunna care. If you find a bug, I'd like to know but that doesn't mean I'll necessarily fix it for yah (though, ego being what it is..) If for some reason you have a wierd guilt complex (you're probably catholic - don't worry - there's voluntary groups that can help you recover) and have to insert my name somewhere, do it anywhere other than the main title screen. Annoys the piss out of me having to wait for these big flashy screens to pop up. PjD-(dughi@imaxx.net)