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* clean up a couple of typos. 

* clarify how a utmp record is deleted upon logout.
* clarify the format of a wtmp record appended at logout (from
  Geoff Wing <mason@primenet.com.au> in [misc/3196]
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.\" $NetBSD: utmp.5,v 1.5 1994/11/30 19:31:35 jtc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: utmp.5,v 1.6 1997/06/22 08:11:08 lukem Exp $
.\" .\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Each time a user logs in, the
program looks up the user's program looks up the user's
.Tn UID .Tn UID
in the file in the file
.Nm lastlog. .Nm lastlog .
If it is found, the timestamp of the last time the user logged If it is found, the timestamp of the last time the user logged
in, the terminal line and the hostname in, the terminal line and the hostname
are written to the standard output. (Providing the login is not are written to the standard output. (Providing the login is not
@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ is opened and the
.Fa utmp .Fa utmp
record for the user inserted. record for the user inserted.
This record remains there until This record remains there until
the user logs out at which time it is deleted. the user logs out at which time it is deleted (by clearing
the user and host fields, and updating the timestamp field).
The The
.Nm utmp .Nm utmp
file is used by the programs file is used by the programs
@ -137,10 +138,10 @@ program opens the file
and appends the user's and appends the user's
.Fa utmp .Fa utmp
record. record.
The same When the user logs out, a
.Fa utmp .Fa utmp
record, with an updated time stamp is later appended record with the tty line, an updated time stamp, and cleared user and host
to the file when the user logs out. (See fields is appended to the file. (See
.Xr init 8 . ) .Xr init 8 . )
The The
.Nm wtmp .Nm wtmp
@ -193,13 +194,16 @@ indicates the new time.
.Bl -tag -width /var/log/lastlog -compact .Bl -tag -width /var/log/lastlog -compact
.It Pa /var/run/utmp .It Pa /var/run/utmp
The The
.Nm utmp file. .Nm utmp
file.
.It Pa /var/log/wtmp .It Pa /var/log/wtmp
The The
.Nm wtmp file. .Nm wtmp
file.
.It Pa /var/log/lastlog .It Pa /var/log/lastlog
The The
.Nm lastlog file. .Nm lastlog
file.
.El .El
.Sh SEE ALSO .Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr last 1 , .Xr last 1 ,