last: make its output more like "standard" last (aka "fancy last").

The main difference is that LOGIN lines are still shown by non-fancy one.

function                                             old     new   delta
static._ut_usr                                         -      26     +26
last_main                                            448     471     +23
static._ut_lin                                         -       7      +7
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 2/0 grow/shrink: 1/0 up/down: 56/0)               Total: 56 bytes

1 files changed, 40 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/last.c b/miscutils/last.c
index ef41444c5..2199d7524 100644
--- a/miscutils/last.c
+++ b/miscutils/last.c
@@ -32,12 +32,32 @@
 
 #else
 
+#if EMPTY != 0 || RUN_LVL != 1 || BOOT_TIME != 2 || NEW_TIME != 3 || \
+        OLD_TIME != 4
+#error Values for the ut_type field of struct utmp changed
+#endif
+
 int last_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int last_main(int argc, char **argv ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
         struct utmp ut;
         int n, file = STDIN_FILENO;
         time_t t_tmp;
+        off_t pos;
+        static const char _ut_usr[] ALIGN1 =
+                        "runlevel\0" "reboot\0" "shutdown\0";
+        static const char _ut_lin[] ALIGN1 =
+                        "~\0" "{\0" "|\0" /* "LOGIN\0" "date\0" */;
+        enum {
+                TYPE_RUN_LVL = RUN_LVL,         /* 1 */
+                TYPE_BOOT_TIME = BOOT_TIME,     /* 2 */
+                TYPE_SHUTDOWN_TIME = SHUTDOWN_TIME
+        };
+        enum {
+                _TILDE = EMPTY,                         /* 0 */
+                TYPE_NEW_TIME,  /* NEW_TIME, 3 */
+                TYPE_OLD_TIME   /* OLD_TIME, 4 */
+        };
 
         if (argc > 1) {
                 bb_show_usage();
@@ -46,23 +66,33 @@ int last_main(int argc, char **argv ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
         printf("%-10s %-14s %-18s %-12.12s %s\n",
                "USER", "TTY", "HOST", "LOGIN", "TIME");
+        /* yikes. We reverse over the file and that is a not too elegant way */
+        pos = xlseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
+        pos = lseek(file, pos - sizeof(ut), SEEK_SET);
         while ((n = full_read(file, &ut, sizeof(ut))) > 0) {
                 if (n != sizeof(ut)) {
                         bb_perror_msg_and_die("short read");
                 }
-
-                if (ut.ut_line[0] == '~') {
+                n = index_in_strings(_ut_lin, ut.ut_line);
+                if (n == _TILDE) { /* '~' */
+#if 1
+/* do we really need to be cautious here? */
+                        n = index_in_strings(_ut_usr, ut.ut_user);
+                        if (++n > 0)
+                                ut.ut_type = n;
+#else
                         if (strncmp(ut.ut_user, "shutdown", 8) == 0)
                                 ut.ut_type = SHUTDOWN_TIME;
                         else if (strncmp(ut.ut_user, "reboot", 6) == 0)
                                 ut.ut_type = BOOT_TIME;
                         else if (strncmp(ut.ut_user, "runlevel", 8) == 0)
                                 ut.ut_type = RUN_LVL;
+#endif
                 } else {
                         if (ut.ut_name[0] == '\0' || strcmp(ut.ut_name, "LOGIN") == 0) {
                                 /* Don't bother.  This means we can't find how long
                                  * someone was logged in for.  Oh well. */
-                                continue;
+                                goto next;
                         }
                         if (ut.ut_type != DEAD_PROCESS
                          && ut.ut_name[0] && ut.ut_line[0]
@@ -70,10 +100,10 @@ int last_main(int argc, char **argv ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
                                 ut.ut_type = USER_PROCESS;
                         }
                         if (strcmp(ut.ut_name, "date") == 0) {
-                                if (ut.ut_line[0] == '|') {
+                                if (n == TYPE_OLD_TIME) { /* '|' */
                                         ut.ut_type = OLD_TIME;
                                 }
-                                if (ut.ut_line[0] == '{') {
+                                if (n == TYPE_NEW_TIME) { /* '{' */
                                         ut.ut_type = NEW_TIME;
                                 }
                         }
@@ -85,15 +115,18 @@ int last_main(int argc, char **argv ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
                                 case NEW_TIME:
                                 case RUN_LVL:
                                 case SHUTDOWN_TIME:
-                                        continue;
+                                        goto next;
                                 case BOOT_TIME:
                                         strcpy(ut.ut_line, "system boot");
-                                        break;
                         }
                 }
                 t_tmp = (time_t)ut.ut_tv.tv_sec;
                 printf("%-10s %-14s %-18s %-12.12s\n",
                        ut.ut_user, ut.ut_line, ut.ut_host, ctime(&t_tmp) + 4);
+ next:
+                if (!pos)
+                        break; /* done. */
+                pos = lseek(file, pos - sizeof(ut), SEEK_SET);
         }
 
         fflush_stdout_and_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);