DOWNTIMES(1)

💖 DOWNTIMES(1) — the group chat manual 💖

okay bestie, so this is the downtimes page from the General Commands Manual, and no, it's not about your wifi being dramatic (though honestly same energy). It's the tool that spills the tea on every time your system ghosted you. 🌸

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✨ NAME ✨

downtimes — display system downtime records made by downtimed(8)

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

downtimes [-d downtimedbfile] [-f timefmt] [-n num] [-s sleep] [-u]
downtimes -v
downtime [-d downtimedbfile] [-f timefmt] [-n num] [-s sleep] [-u]
downtime -v

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so basically, downtimes reads the downtime database and prints it out in a format that a human can actually read instead of just vibing with raw bytes. and who maintains that database? that's downtimed(8)'s whole job, it's the main character behind the scenes. 👑

now here's the cute part: there are two spellings and they do different amounts of talking.

• the singular form, downtime — this one is lowkey shy. it only shows you the details of the last time the system was down. one record, that's it, that's the whole post. 🙈
• the plural form, downtimes — this one is the yapper. it shows you all the records in the database. every single one. no skips. 💀

and if "all" is giving too much, you can use the -n option to say exactly how many downtime records you want to see. pick your number, bestie. ✨

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -d downtimedbfile — use the downtime database file you specify instead of whatever the system default is. going rogue, love that for you. 🌈
• -f timefmt — pick the time and date format for the reporting, using strftime(3) syntax. the default is "%F %T". dress it up however you want, it's your aesthetic. 💅
• -n num — define how many of the latest downtime records to output. the default is all of them. greedy default, honestly iconic. 👑
• -s sleep — calculate the approximate crash time by specifying what the sleep value of downtimed(8) was. yes, approximate, we'll get to that in BUGS, stay with me. 🧚
• -u — display times in UTC. timezone-neutral queen behavior. 🌍
• -v — display the program version number, the copyright message, and the default settings. the little "about me" moment. ⭐

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💀 EXIT STATUS 💀

the program exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. so like, 0 = slay, anything bigger = something went wrong and we're all a little sad. 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

downtimed(8), uptime(1), https://dist.epipe.com/downtimes/ — go read the friends, they're all in the same friend group fr fr.

wait, that link in the original is https://dist.epipe.com/downtimed/. my bad bestie, here it is properly: https://dist.epipe.com/downtimed/ 🫶

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🍓 BUGS 🍓

the reporting accuracy in the case of a system crash depends on how often the time stamp is updated. so like, if it's not updating often, your crash time is a guess. a cute guess, but a guess. 🙈

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright © 2009-2016 Janne Snabb. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

legal bestie says: the caps are not me being dramatic, that's genuinely how the license is written. do not touch, it's load-bearing. 🫶

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and that's the whole page, no cap. this version is version 1.0, dated 2016-05-24, and it's the DOWNTIMES(1) page out of the General Commands Manual. tysm for reading, mwah, go check your uptime 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅