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From: babucher@mtu.edu (Brian A. Bucher)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: help with 'w'
Date: 22 Jun 1995 19:52:04 GMT
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What would slow down ONLY the w command while everything else
on the system (that I've tried) continues to run smoothly.
I type w and hit return, and it takes over a minute for there
to be any output from the w command concerning the users...
it gives the load average fine.

Thanks,
Boo