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updwtmp.3: Replace AVAILABILITY section with note to link logwtmp() using -lutil 

Linux libc details are no longer needed these days.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2014-06-29 14:16:42 +02:00
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@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ updwtmp, logwtmp \- append an entry to the wtmp file
.BI "void logwtmp(const char *" line ", const char *" name \
", const char *" host );
.fi
For
.BR logwtmp (),
link with \fI\-lutil\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR updwtmp ()
appends the utmp structure
@ -58,16 +62,6 @@ database of past user logins
.SH CONFORMING TO
Not in POSIX.1-2001.
Present on Solaris, NetBSD, and perhaps other systems.
.SH AVAILABILITY
Both functions are available under glibc2, but not under libc5.
However,
.BR logwtmp ()
used to occur in the old libbsd.
These days, the
.BR logwtmp ()
function is included in libutil.
(Hence you'll need to add \fI\-lutil\fP
to your compiler command line to get it.)
.SH NOTES
For consistency with the other "utmpx" functions (see
.BR getutxent (3)),