Try to describe what the difference between the "old" ([wu]tmp) and

"new" ([wu]tmpx) files is.

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.\" $NetBSD: utmpx.5,v 1.3 2006/09/18 21:10:34 hubertf Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: utmpx.5,v 1.4 2006/09/18 22:01:42 hubertf Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2002 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd September 26, 2002
.Dd September 18, 2006
.Dt UTMPX 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In utmpx.h
.Sh DESCRIPTION
In contrast to
.Pa utmp
and
.Pa wtmp ,
the extended databases in
.Pa utmpx
and
.Pa wtmpx
reserve more space for logging hostnames, and also
information on a process' ID, termination signal and exit status.
.Pp
The
.Aq Pa utmpx.h
header defines the structures and functions for logging user.
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The interface to the
.Nm utmpx
file is described in
.Xr endutxent 3 .
.Xr getutxent 3 .
.Pp
The
.Nm wtmpx