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Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:13:11 -0600
From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>
To: Arvind Nahata <arvindnahata@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: JRE for FreeBSD 5.4, Monitoring FreeBSD
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On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 12:16:29AM -0700, Arvind Nahata wrote:
> I am looking at developing system level monitors such
> as System CPU, Memory, FileSystem, Disk, TCP, Process
> etc for FreeBSD 5.4 using Java and JNI, if needed. 
> 
> I have a couple of queries regarding this:
> 1. Is it possible to monitor FreeBSD 5.4 using Java +
> JNI?

I don't see any reason why you can't do this.  In my day job we do this for
Linux, and there is no reason it couldn't be done for FreeBSD (albeit using
a different strategy).

> 2. Is there a reliable JRE available for FreeBSD 5.4?

Yes, try one of the jdk* ports.  I'd suggest jdk14 or jdk15.

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