---
name: "uptimed"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "uptimed"
version: "0.4.7-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/uptimed/8"
---

# uptimed(8)

daemon to record uptime records

## NAME

uptimed - daemon to record uptime records

## SYNOPSIS

**uptimed** \[ **-hbv** \] \[ **-e** \<email\> \] \[ **-i** \<interval\> \] \[ **-m** \<count\> \]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the **uptimed** program.

**uptimed** is a daemon that records statistics about a machine's uptime. Use the  **[uprecords(1)](/uprecords/1.md)** program to get uptime record statistics.

## OPTIONS

These command-line options override settings in the configuration file  **/etc/uptimed.conf**

- **-h**

  Show usage

- **-b**

  Create bootid and exit. This option is ignored on BSD systems, because the BSD kernel keeps a static boot time variable in memory so Uptimed does not need to cache this value.

- **-p** \<file\>

  Write PID to pidfile \<file\>

- **-e** \<email\>

  Send mail to \<email\> at milestones/records

- **-i** \<interval\>

  Use \<interval\> seconds for loop

- **-m** \<count\>

  Log a maximum of \<count\> entries

- **-t** \<timespec\>

  Set the minimum uptime to be considered a record

- **-v**

  Show version information

## SEE ALSO

[**uprecords**(1)](/uprecords/1.md)\

## AUTHOR

Rob Kaper \<cap@capsi.com\>.

This manual page was written by Alan Ford \<alan@whirlnet.co.uk\>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). It was last modified for **uptimed** version 0.3.7.