slmon(1)

NAME
slmon - program for monitoring system's performance in realtime.

SYNOPSIS
slmon [options]

DESCRIPTION
SLmon is a tool for monitoring system's performance. It displays results using nice and (hopefully) readable text-based UI. Currently monitored are:

o   CPU load (SMP is supported)

o   network interfaces

o   memory (including swap)

o   uptime, date and time

o   number of logged in users

o   mounted filesystems

o   processes

SLmon uses glibtop version >= 1.0.0 and libslang version >= 1.2.2 (this version however has a bug that makes it impossible to write a character in lower right corner, but otherwise it works okay).

OPTIONS

-v, --version
    Display version and copying and exit

-h, --help
    Display brief usage information

-f, --fs-unit=[kmg]
    Specify filesystem usage unit, where: b=bytes, k=kbytes, m=mbytes, g=gbytes

-m, --mem-unit=[bkmg]
    Specify memory usage unit, where: b=bytes, k=kbytes, m=mbytes, g=gbytes

-n, --net-unit=[bkmg]
    Specify network traffic unit, where: b=bytes, k=kbytes, m=mbytes, g=gbytes

-d, --mode=[mpnh]
    Start in mode 'M' where: m=main, p=process, n=network, h=histogram

-u, --update=<seconds>
    Specify update interval in seconds

Configuration files
SLmon looks for the configuration file in the following locations:

/etc/slmonrc

/usr/local/etc/slmonrc
    if the previous one fails

$HOME/.slmonrc

Options can be specified in the form of pairs: <key> = <value>. Lines beginning with '#' are treated as comments (note: all leading whitespaces are stripped). All subsequent definitions of a certain option overwrite previous declarations except for the net_dev option.

Available options (more to come :)):

mode
    Start certain mode: m=main, p=process, n=network, h=histogram.

mem_unit
    Specify memory usage unit [bkm].

fs_unit
    Specify filesystem usage unit [kmg].

net_unit
    Specify network traffic unit [bkmg].

net_dev
    Add a network interface to list of monitored interfaces.

update_time
    Specify update interval in seconds.

FILES
/etc/slmonrc ~/.slmonrc Files with user defined options

SEE ALSO
SLmon home page http://slmon.sourceforge.net

Download:

Libgtop
    ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/stable/sources/libgtop/

S-Lang
    ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slang/

LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 Krzysztof Luks <m00se@iq.pl>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

BUGS

1.  slmon uses too much cpu time in process mode

Please send all bugreports to m00se@iq.pl.

AUTHOR
Krzysztof Luks <m00se@iq.pl>