output from 'last'

Jan Vicherek (jvichere@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca)
Sun, 4 Feb 1996 02:59:47 -0500 (EST)

the length of the third column (name/address of originating machine) was
(I guess) poorly designed. In case of IP addr instead of name the output
has truncated last digit:

mamama ttyp5 123.123.123.12 Fri Jan 26 19:28 - 19:53 (00:25)

Is there anything anybody can do about it ? Where does 'last' come from ?
Is the length 14 standartized somewhere ?

Are there pgms out there that rely on the size of this field being 14 ?
(it *should* be 15 :-( )

TTYL,
Jan

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