https://github.com/jonathanstowe/raku-sys-utmp

Raku access to Utmp entries on Unix-like systems
https://github.com/jonathanstowe/raku-sys-utmp

raku unix utmp

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Raku access to Utmp entries on Unix-like systems

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jonathanstowe/raku-sys-utmp
• Owner: jonathanstowe
• License: artistic-2.0
• Created: 2015-05-06T18:09:28.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-02T06:33:51.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-07-02T07:28:07.249Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: raku, unix, utmp
• Language: Raku
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• Size: 46.9 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
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# Sys::Utmp

Raku access to Utmp entries on Unix-like systems.

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## Description

Sys::Utmp provides access to the Unix user accounting data that may be

described in the utmp(5) manpage.  Briefly it records each logged in

user (and some other data regarding the OS lifetime.)

It will prefer to use the getutent() function from the system C library

if it is available but will attempt to provide its own if the OS doesn't

have that. Because the implementation of getutent() differs between

various OS and the C part of this module needs to provide a consistent

interface to Raku it may not represent all the data that is available on

a particular system, similarly there may be documented attributes that

are not captured on some OS.

## Installation

Because the various Unix-like systems have varying implementations of the

utmp facility this uses a small shared library written in C to provide a

consistent interface to the Raku library, this means that you will require

a working C compiler environment to be able to install this module.

It is entirely possible that the assumptions that I have made in the C

part aren't correct for your system and that this will not install or

work properly, if this is the case please see the "Support" section below.

Assuming you have a working Rakudo installation you should be able to

install this with *zef* :

    # From the source directory

   

    zef install .

    # Remote installation

    zef install Sys::Utmp

## Support

Suggestions/patches are welcomed via github at:

https://github.com/jonathanstowe/Raku-Sys-Utmp/issues

I'm not able to test on a wide variety of platforms so any help there would be 

appreciated. Also the assumptions in the C library are based on those used

in the XS part of the similarly named Perl 5 module which was written when

I had access to different systems, but time moves on and operating systems

change and some of this could be completely incorrect for some systems where

it previously worked.  So if you find that this doesn't compile or work

properly on your system and you can work out why the patches will be most

welcome.

## Licence

This is free software.

Please see the [LICENCE](LICENCE) file in the distribution

© Jonathan Stowe 2015 - 2019