From: "Björn Bidar" <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de>
To: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: Saving emacs uptime?
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:06:54 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <15461.897679937$1727435264@news.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvtte21obe.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier via Users list for the's message of "Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:31:18 -0400")
Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>> How can I have emacs save its uptime to a plain text file when it closes, by
>> my hand or if it crashes please?
>
> By definition, when it crashes it can't do anything "well-defined", such
> as saving its uptime to a known file.
>
> I can see two workarounds:
>
> - Save the uptime on a regular basis (e.g. once an hour).
> - Save the uptime not from within Emacs but from a program (script?) you
> write which launches Emacs and writes the duration of the session into
> a file when the Emacs process ends.
>
> Stefan
Another workaround would be to use the init system to track the life
time of Emacs.
E.g. systemd tracks how long Emacs has run in general and for user
services (emacs.service).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-09-27 11:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-09-26 12:37 Saving emacs uptime? Sharon Kimble
2024-09-26 13:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-26 14:31 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-09-27 6:16 ` Bob Newell
2024-09-27 11:06 ` Björn Bidar [this message]
2024-09-30 12:00 ` [Solved] " Sharon Kimble
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