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     W(C)		      XENIX System V			  W(C)

     Name
	  w - Displays information about who is on the system and what
	  they are doing.

     Syntax
	  w [-hlqtw] [-n namelist] [-s swapdev] [-c corefile] [-u
	  utmpfile] [users...]

     Description
	  w prints a summary of the current activity on the system,
	  including what each user is doing.  The heading line shows
	  the current time of day, how long the system has been up,
	  the number of users logged onto the system, and load
	  averages.  Load averages are the number of processes in the
	  run queue averaged over 1, 5, and 15 minutes.

	  The options are:

	  -h   Don't print the heading or title lines.

	  -l   Long format (default):  For each user, w outputs the
	       user's login name, the terminal or pseudo terminal the
	       user is currently using, when the user logged onto the
	       system, the number of minutes the user has been idle
	       (how much time has expired since the user last typed
	       anything), the CPU time used by all processes and their
	       children attached to the terminal, the CPU time used by
	       the currently active process, and the name and
	       arguments of the currently active process.

	  -q
	  Quick format:	 For each user, w outputs the user's login
	  name, the terminal or pseudo terminal the user is currently
	  using, the number of minutes the user has been idle, and the
	  name of the currently active process.

	  -t
	  Only the heading line is output (equivalent to uptime(C)).

	  -w
	  Both the heading line and the summary of users is output.

	  -nnamelist
	  The argument is taken as the name of an alternate namelist
	  ( /xenix is the default).

	  -sswapdev
	  Uses the file swapdev in place of /dev/swap.	This is useful
	  when examining a corefile.

	  -ccorefile
	  Uses the file corefile in place of /dev/kmem.

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     W(C)		      XENIX System V			  W(C)

	  -uutmpfile
	  The file utmpfile is used instead of /etc/utmp as a record
	  of who is currently logged in.

	  If any users are given, the user summary is restricted to
	  reporting on those users.

     Files
	  /xenix
	  /etc/utmp
	  /dev/kmem
	  /dev/swap

     See Also
	  date(C), finger(C), ps(C), uptime(C), who(C), whodo(C)

     Notes
	  The ``currently active process'' is only an approximation
	  and is not always correct.  Pipelines can produce strange
	  results, as can some background processes.  If w is
	  completely unable to guess at the currently active process,
	  it prints ``-.''

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