From d2168fe021bd1693c1038503e09d3d74dd8b6f36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: charnier Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 14:47:15 +0000 Subject: The .Nm utility --- usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'usr.sbin/iostat') diff --git a/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 b/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 index c93dcb4..9e38e92 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8 @@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ statistics .Op Fl w Ar wait .Op Ar drives .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Iostat -displays kernel +The +.Nm +utility displays kernel .Tn I/O statistics on terminal, device and cpu operations. The first statistics that are printed are averaged over the system uptime. @@ -138,8 +139,9 @@ instead of the default Display up to .Ar devs number of devices. +The .Nm -will display fewer devices if there aren't +utility will display fewer devices if there aren't .Ar devs devices present. .It Fl N @@ -241,8 +243,9 @@ is specified, the default is infinity. Display a usage statement and exit. .El .Pp -.Nm Iostat -displays its information in the following format: +The +.Nm +utility displays its information in the following format: .Bl -tag -width flag .It tty .Bl -tag -width indent -compact @@ -254,7 +257,9 @@ characters written to terminals .It devices Device operations. The header of the field is the device name and unit number. +The .Nm +utility will display as many devices as will fit in a standard 80 column screen, or the maximum number of devices in the system, whichever is smaller. If @@ -267,7 +272,9 @@ To force .Nm to display specific drives, their names may be supplied on the command line. +The .Nm +utility will not display more devices than will fit in an 80 column screen, unless the .Fl n -- cgit v1.1