NAME

       mrtg-uptime - Returns uptime and idle data from /proc/uptime

SYNOPSIS

       mrtg-uptime ([-t sys|idle] [-m multiplier] [-u s|m|h|d])*2 [-c #cores]

DESCRIPTION

       mrtg-uptime returns the information from /proc/uptime.  The output is written in a form
       useful as input for the MRTG utility.  Every parameter can be accepted twice and allow to
       control the two values in the output, with the exception of -c that only affects idle
       uptime.

       -t sys|idle
           Sets the uptime parameter in the output.  If just one is set, the other one will be
           zero.  The parameter sys refers to the time the system has been up.  The parameter
           idle refers to the time the machine has spent idle.

       -m multiplier
           Sets the multiplier to be used in the output.  For example, if the value is 280936.41
           and a multiplier of 100, the output would be 28093641.  If it is defined once, affect
           both output values.  The default multiplier is 1.

       -u s|m|h|d
           Sets the unit of the parameter.  It can be expressed in (s)econds, (m)inutes, (h)ours,
           or (d)ays.  If it is defined once, affect both output values.  The default is seconds.

       -c #cores
           Because the idle uptime measures the cumulative time each processor, ignoring the
           amount of cores, the resulting value is the sum of how much time each core has spent
           idle.  This parameter divides the value by #cores (an integer) to get the average idle
           time per core.  Default is 1.

EXAMPLES

       Prints the average idle uptime of a core in a dual-core and the system uptime, both in
       minutes.

           mrtg-uptime -t idle -t sys -u m -c 2

       Prints the uptime in hours and in seconds.

           mrtg-uptime -t sys -u h -t sys -u s

SEE ALSO

       mrtg(1)

AUTHORS

       Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org> is the orginal writer of mrtgutils.

       Luciano Bello <luciano@debian.org> wrote mrtg-uptime and this manpage.

HISTORY

       This document first appeared with mrtgutils-0.8.2