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.Dd January 14, 2010
.Dt WTMPCVT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm wtmpcvt
.Nd convert wtmp files to the utmpx format
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Ar input
.Ar output
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility converts traditional
.Pa wtmp
user accounting database files to the same format that is used by
.Pa /var/log/utx.log .
This makes it possible to view their contents using existing accounting
utilities, such as
.Xr last 1
and
.Xr ac 8 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr last 1 ,
.Xr getutxent 3 ,
.Xr ac 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility appeared in
.Fx 9.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Ed Schouten Aq ed@FreeBSD.org
.Sh BUGS
The application assumes the
.Ar input
file has the same byte order as the host system.
The
.Ar output
file can be used on any architecture.