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diff --git a/static/v10/man9/vismon.9 b/static/v10/man9/vismon.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7988cb9d --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man9/vismon.9 @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.TH VISMON 9.1 +.CT 1 sa_mortals comm_users +.SH NAME +vismon, sysmon, vwhois \- system statistics and mail notification +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B vismon +[ +.BI - n +] +[ +.B -m +] +[ +.I system ... +] +.PP +.B sysmon +[ +.BI - n +] +[ +.B -m +] +[ +.I system ... +] +.PP +.B vwhois +.I person +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Vismon +monitors use of one or more Unix +.I systems. +It displays time of day, announcements, +and CPU usage statistics. +.PP +CPU usage is reported as a numerical load average (average number +of runnable processes) and its change in the last +minute, and a bar graph showing, left-to-right, the +proportion of CPU time spent in: default-priority user processes, +low priority (nice) processes, system kernel, stream I/O, and idle time. +.PP +Arrival of mail or communications via +.IR wall (8) +or +.IR write (1) +is announced. +Mail announcements include an icon of the sender. +Communications appear in a shell +.RI ( sh (1)) +layer superimposed on +.I vismon's +layer. +This layer may be used for reply. +.PP +The options are: +.TP +.BI - n +Update the bar graph every +.I n +seconds. +.RI ( n =5 +by default.) +.TP +.BI -m +Do not monitor CPU usage on other systems. +.PP +Button 2 selectively toggles the monitoring of other systems. +The list of systems is obtained from one of the following: +a file named in the VISMON enviroment variable, +.FR $HOME/lib/vismon , +or +.FR /usr/jerq/lib/vismon . +.PP +.I Sysmon +is the same as +.I vismon +without icons. +.PP +.I Vwhois +causes a dummy mail announcement from +.I person +to appear in +.I vismon +layers. +.SH FILES +.TF /usr/spool/mail/mail.log +.TP +.F /usr/jerq/mbin/sysmon.m +terminal program +.TP +.F /usr/jerq/lib/sysdaemon +remote monitoring program +.TP +.F /usr/jerq/lib/sysdaemon +responder for remote monitoring +.TP +.F /usr/spool/mail +.TP +.F /usr/spool/mail/mail.log +.TP +.F /n/face/* +vismon pictures +.TP +.F /usr/jerq/lib/vismon +.TP +.F $HOME/lib/vismon +menu of machines +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR face (9.7), +.IR faced (9.5) +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +`Can't open comm window' means a shell layer cannot be created. +To receive any further communications, delete some layer. +.SH BUGS +There's more to system performance than meets the eye. |
