From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 15 22:15:44 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1233) id AC07D106566C; Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:15:44 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:15:44 +0000 From: Alexander Best To: Sergey Kandaurov Message-ID: <20101015221544.GA96739@freebsd.org> References: <20101015204207.GA87192@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iostat(8) manual fix X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 22:15:44 -0000 On Sat Oct 16 10, Sergey Kandaurov wrote: > On 16 October 2010 00:42, Alexander Best 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