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NAME
slmon - program for monitoring system's performance in realtime.
SYNOPSIS
slmon [options]
DESCRIPTION
SLmon is a tool for monitoring system's performance. It displays results using nice and (hopefully) readable text-based UI. Currently moni-
tored are:
o CPU load (SMP is supported)
o network interfaces
o memory (including swap)
o uptime, date and time
o number of logged in users
o mounted filesystems
o processes
SLmon uses glibtop version >= 2 and libslang version >= 1.2.2 (this version however has a bug that makes it impossible to write a character
in lower right corner, but otherwise it works okay).
Starting with 0.5.13 Glib library is needed.
OPTIONS
-v, --version
Display version and copying and exit
-h, --help
Display brief usage information
-f, --fs-unit=[kmg]
Specify filesystem usage unit, where: b=bytes, k=kbytes, m=mbytes, g=gbytes
-m, --mem-unit=[bkmg]
Specify memory usage unit, where: b=bytes, k=kbytes, m=mbytes, g=gbytes
-n, --net-unit=[bkmg]
Specify network traffic unit, where: b=bytes, k=kbytes, m=mbytes, g=gbytes
-d, --mode=[mpnh]
Start in mode 'M' where: m=main, p=process, n=network, h=histogram
-u, --update=<seconds>
Specify update interval in seconds
Configuration files
SLmon looks for the configuration file in the following locations:
/etc/slmonrc
/usr/local/etc/slmonrc
if the previous one fails
$HOME/.slmonrc
Options can be specified in the form of pairs: <key> = <value>. Lines beginning with '#' are treated as comments (note: all leading white-
spaces are stripped). All subsequent definitions of a certain option overwrite previous declarations except for the net_dev option.
Available options (more to come :)):
mode Start certain mode: m=main, p=process, n=network, h=histogram.
mem_unit
Specify memory usage unit [bkm].
fs_unit
Specify filesystem usage unit [kmg].
net_unit
Specify network traffic unit [bkmg].
net_dev
Add a network interface to list of monitored interfaces.
update_time
Specify update interval in seconds.
FILES
/etc/slmonrc ~/.slmonrc Files with user defined options
SEE ALSO
SLmon home page http://slmon.sourceforge.net
Download:
Libgtop
ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libgtop/
S-Lang ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slang/
LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 Krzysztof Luks <m00se@iq.pl>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as pub-
lished by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MER-
CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
BUGS
1. slmon uses too much cpu time in process mode
Please send all bugreports to m00se@iq.pl.
AUTHOR
Krzysztof Luks <m00se@iq.pl>
S-Lang system monitor November 2, 2000 slmon(1)