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Subject: Re: vmstat reporting incorrect cpu usage
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On Saturday 04 June 2005 17:58, Matt Emmerton wrote:
> The first line is the average since the system was last booted; all other
> lines are instantaneous.

yeap. from man page:

     -c      Repeat the display count times.  The first display is for the
             time since a reboot and each subsequent report is for the time
             period since the last display.