I have to create a program, that displays result of 'uptime'. how to get amount of logged on users in c++ in linux?
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exactly what does the number of users have to do with `uptime`? – Marc B May 27 '15 at 18:27
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@MarcB: I imagine he wants to reproduce something like this uptime command: `jake@w700-ubuntu:~$ uptime 14:29:46 up 5:59, 2 users, load average: 0.16, 0.16, 0.24` – Jake May 27 '15 at 18:30
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@MarcB: From the man page for 'uptime': `uptime gives a one line display of the following information. The current time, how long the system has been running, **how many users are currently logged on**, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.` – user3553031 May 27 '15 at 18:30
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Well, if you just want to execute commands using C++, you could use:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main()
{
//execute uptime command
system("uptime");
//one way to "count" the currently logged users
system("users | wc -w");
//or another way
system("who | wc -l");
return 0;
}
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I need to send that information from serverTCP to clientTCP. I want to put that in string. Maybe there is a way to put system("uptime") result to string? – Tomsz Comasz May 28 '15 at 10:16
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yes, check out this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/646241/c-run-a-system-command-and-get-output – eol May 28 '15 at 21:10
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That information is stored in /var/run/utmp. This is a binary file; see the man page for utmp(5) for details.
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As I said, read the `man` page for `utmp`. It describes how to use that file. – user3553031 Jun 04 '15 at 20:16
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[Documentation can also be found on the Internet](http://linux.die.net/man/5/utmp). I've never actually used utmp, so I can't be much more specific. – user3553031 Jun 08 '15 at 17:58
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I got it! Write in C file system("users | wc -w > text"); and check text.txt file. Next load that information from txt file
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