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4.2 KiB
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110 lines
4.2 KiB
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Author: <csmall@debian.org>
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Description: Fixes groff problems
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Removes pslab as it doesnt appear
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Index: b/vmstat.8
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===================================================================
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--- a/vmstat.8 2009-11-24 20:53:04.000000000 +1100
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+++ b/vmstat.8 2009-11-24 21:00:36.000000000 +1100
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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.\" This page Copyright (C) 1994 Henry Ware <al172@yfn.ysu.edu>
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.\" Distributed under the GPL, Copyleft 1994.
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-.TH VMSTAT 8 "27 July 1994 " "Throatwobbler Ginkgo Labs" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
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+.TH VMSTAT 8 "2009 Jan 9" "Throatwobbler Ginkgo Labs" "Linux Administrator's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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vmstat \- Report virtual memory statistics
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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@@ -22,32 +22,35 @@
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.RB [ "\-d"]
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.br
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.B vmstat
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+.RB [ "\-D"]
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+.br
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+.B vmstat
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.RB [ "\-p disk partition"]
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.br
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.B vmstat
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.RB [ "\-V" ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fBvmstat\fP reports information about processes, memory, paging,
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-block IO, traps, and cpu activity.
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+block IO, traps, disks and cpu activity.
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The first report produced gives averages since the last reboot. Additional
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reports give information on a sampling period of length \fIdelay\fP.
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The process and memory reports are instantaneous in either case.
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.SS Options
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-The \fB-a\fP switch displays active/inactive memory, given a 2.5.41 kernel or better.
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+The \fB\-a\fP switch displays active/inactive memory, given a 2.5.41 kernel or better.
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.PP
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-The \fB-f\fP switch displays the number of forks since boot.
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+The \fB\-f\fP switch displays the number of forks since boot.
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This includes the fork, vfork, and clone system calls, and is
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equivalent to the total number of tasks created. Each process
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is represented by one or more tasks, depending on thread usage.
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This display does not repeat.
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.PP
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-The \fB-m\fP displays slabinfo.
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+The \fB\-m\fP displays slabinfo.
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.PP
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-The \fB-n\fP switch causes the header to be displayed only once rather than periodically.
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+The \fB\-n\fP switch causes the header to be displayed only once rather than periodically.
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.PP
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-The \fB-s\fP switch displays a table of various event counters
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+The \fB\-s\fP switch displays a table of various event counters
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and memory statistics. This display does not repeat.
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.PP
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.I delay
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is the number of updates. If no count is specified and delay is
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defined, \fIcount\fP defaults to infinity.
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.PP
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-The \fB-d\fP reports disk statistics (2.5.70 or above required)
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+The \fB\-d\fP reports disk statistics (2.5.70 or above required)
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+.PP
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+The \fB-D\fP reports some summary statistics about disk activity.
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.PP
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-The \fB-p\fP followed by some partition name for detailed statistics (2.5.70 or above required)
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+The \fB\-p\fP followed by some partition name for detailed statistics (2.5.70 or above required)
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.PP
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-The \fB-S\fP followed by k or K or m or M switches outputs between 1000, 1024, 1000000, or 1048576 bytes
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+The \fB\-S\fP followed by k or K or m or M switches outputs between 1000, 1024, 1000000, or 1048576 bytes
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.PP
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-The \fB-V\fP switch results in displaying version information.
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+The \fB\-V\fP switch results in displaying version information.
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.PP
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.SH FIELD DESCRIPTION FOR VM MODE
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.SS
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free: the amount of idle memory.
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buff: the amount of memory used as buffers.
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cache: the amount of memory used as cache.
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-inact: the amount of inactive memory. (-a option)
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-active: the amount of active memory. (-a option)
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+inact: the amount of inactive memory. (\-a option)
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+active: the amount of active memory. (\-a option)
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.fi
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.PP
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.SS
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@@ -110,9 +115,9 @@
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.B "CPU "
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These are percentages of total CPU time.
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.nf
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-us: Time spent running non-kernel code. (user time, including nice time)
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+us: Time spent running non\-kernel code. (user time, including nice time)
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sy: Time spent running kernel code. (system time)
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-id: Time spent idle. Prior to Linux 2.5.41, this includes IO-wait time.
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+id: Time spent idle. Prior to Linux 2.5.41, this includes IO\-wait time.
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wa: Time spent waiting for IO. Prior to Linux 2.5.41, included in idle.
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st: Time stolen from a virtual machine. Prior to Linux 2.6.11, unknown.
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@@ -161,8 +166,6 @@
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total: Total number of available objects
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size: Size of each object
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pages: Number of pages with at least one active object
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-totpages: Total number of allocated pages
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-pslab: Number of pages per slab
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.fi
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.SH NOTES
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