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Reading binary file

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paulywog

paulywog

IS-IT--Management
Jun 26, 2001
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AIX newbie again, is there a way to open the wtmp file to read it. cat the file isn't good.

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Use the command "last -f /full/path/to/wtmp"

For example: last -f /etc/wtmp

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This will work for you also:

/usr/sbin/acct/fwtmp < /var/adm/wtmp > filename_to_cat

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Chuck

chuck.spilman@nokia.com
 
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