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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8')
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8 b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8 index f04cc42..4566ad2 100644 --- a/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8 +++ b/usr.bin/vmstat/vmstat.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)vmstat.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd October 21, 2006 +.Dd August 8, 2014 .Dt VMSTAT 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -38,9 +38,8 @@ .Nm .\" .Op Fl fimst .Op Fl afHhimPsz -.Op Fl c Ar count .Op Fl M Ar core Op Fl N Ar system -.Op Fl w Ar wait +.Op Fl c Ar count .Op Fl n Ar devs .Oo .Fl p @@ -48,7 +47,9 @@ .Ar type , if , pass .Sm on .Oc -.Op Ar disks +.Op Fl w Ar wait +.Op Ar disks ... +.Op wait Op count .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm @@ -91,10 +92,12 @@ and system calls since system startup, and the number of pages of virtual memory involved in each. .It Fl h -Changes memory columns into more easily human readable form. Default if +Changes memory columns into more easily human readable form. +The default if standard output is a terminal device. .It Fl H -Changes memory columns into straight numbers. Default if standard output +Changes memory columns into straight numbers. +The default if standard output is not a terminal device (such as a script). .It Fl i Report on the number of interrupts taken by each device since system @@ -214,6 +217,21 @@ Report on memory used by the kernel zone allocator, by zone. .El .Pp +The +.Ar wait +and +.Ar count +arguments may be given after their respective flags at any point +on the command line before the +.Ar disks +argument(s), or without their flags, as the final argument(s). +The latter form is accepted for backwards compatibility, but it is +preferred to use the forms with +.Fl w +and +.Fl c +to avoid ambiguity. +.Pp By default, .Nm displays the following information: |
