---
name: "live-uptime"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "live-tools"
version: "3.0.20-1+deb7u1"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/live-uptime"
---

# live-uptime(1)

Tell how long the system has been running (works with LXC).

## NAME

**live-uptime** - Tell how long the system has been running (works with LXC).

## DESCRIPTION

**live-uptime** is a wrapper replacing the uptime command provided by the procps package.

**live-uptime** displays the correct uptime when a system is being used in a Linux Container (LXC), where the original uptime command shows the host uptime for all containers. **live-uptime** passes through all command-line arguments to the original uptime command; see *uptime.orig.procps*(1) for more information about the options of the original uptime command.

## SEE ALSO

[*live-tools*(7)](/live-tools/7.md)

## HOMEPAGE

More information about live-uptime and the Debian Live project can be found on the homepage at \<*http://live.debian.net/*\> and in the manual at \<*http://live.debian.net/manual/*\>.

## BUGS

Bugs can be reported by submitting a bugreport for the live-tools package in the Debian Bug Tracking System at \<*http://bugs.debian.org/*\> or by writing a mail to the Debian Live mailing list at \<*debian-live@lists.debian.org*\>.

## AUTHOR

live-uptime was written by Daniel Baumann \<*daniel@debian.org*\>.