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diff --git a/gen/NetBSD/utmpx.5 b/gen/NetBSD/utmpx.5
index 3f5ed33989d28438a96896f26cd7546905d60640..25a803d79be10d82a96108d2836c00a02efbb09e 100644 (file)
--- a/gen/NetBSD/utmpx.5
+++ b/gen/NetBSD/utmpx.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: utmpx.5,v 1.2 2003/04/16 13:35:24 wiz Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: utmpx.5,v 1.7 2008/04/30 13:10:57 martin Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@
 .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 .\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 .\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
-.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
-.\"        This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
-.\"        Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
-.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
-.\"    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
-.\"    from this software without specific prior written permission.
 .\"
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
 .\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
@@ -34,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd September 26, 2002
+.Dd January 31, 2007
 .Dt UTMPX 5
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -45,6 +38,17 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In utmpx.h
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
+In contrast to
+.Pa utmp
+and
+.Pa wtmp ,
+the extended databases in
+.Pa utmpx
+and
+.Pa wtmpx
+reserve more space for logging hostnames, and also
+information on a process' ID, termination signal and exit status.
+.Pp
 The
 .Aq Pa utmpx.h
 header defines the structures and functions for logging user.
@@ -55,13 +59,11 @@ and date changes, is kept in
 .Pa /var/log/wtmpx ,
 and the last login of each user is noted in
 .Pa /var/log/lastlogx .
-The files are not automatically created if they do not exist; they
-must be created manually.
 .Pp
 The interface to the
 .Nm utmpx
 file is described in
-.Xr endutxent 3 .
+.Xr getutxent 3 .
 .Pp
 The
 .Nm wtmpx
@@ -131,6 +133,7 @@ file.
 .Xr who 1 ,
 .Xr endutxent 3 ,
 .Xr logwtmpx 3 ,
+.Xr utmp 5 ,
 .Xr ac 8 ,
 .Xr init 8 ,
 .Xr newsyslog 8 ,