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From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Saving emacs uptime?
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:31:18 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvtte21obe.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87v7yi3822.fsf@skimble09.plus.com

> 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




  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-09-26 14:31 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 [this message]
2024-09-27  6:16   ` Bob Newell
2024-09-27 11:06   ` Björn Bidar
2024-09-30 12:00 ` [Solved] " Sharon Kimble

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