Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:15:44 +0000 From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> To: Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iostat(8) manual fix Message-ID: <20101015221544.GA96739@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikGsgvuJOfwzwyfEqz1WR0XWQTLi0EnXs8Yc534@mail.gmail.com> References: <20101015204207.GA87192@freebsd.org> <AANLkTikGsgvuJOfwzwyfEqz1WR0XWQTLi0EnXs8Yc534@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat Oct 16 10, Sergey Kandaurov wrote: > On 16 October 2010 00:42, Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> wrote: > > hi there, > > > > the iostat(8) manual seems to contain a few errors. this patch should take care > > of that. > > > > cheers. > > alex > > > > BTW, the existing description for -c corresponds to the old (traditional) way. > iostat w - repeat each w seconds, infinity (as no repeated count specified) > iostat w c - repeat each w seconds, c times ah i see. the old way however is no longer documented anywhere (on purpose). i read somewhere that at some point some devs wanted to remove it, but others wanted it to stay. personally i think adding a new switch to enable legacy mode would be nice (or adding an envar). but that's just my 0,02$ cheers. alex > > -- > wbr, > pluknet > [ Who's trying to guess where it comes from... ] -- a13x
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