---
name: "rsysinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rstat-client"
version: "4.0.1-12"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rsysinfo"
---

# rsysinfo(1)

remote system information display

## NAME

rsysinfo - remote system information display

## SYNOPSIS

**rsysinfo** \[ *host* \| -v \]

## DESCRIPTION

**rsysinfo** displays a summary of the kernel statistics of a  particular  host.\
 The output shows how long the system has been up, load averages, cpu usage in jiffies, pages from and to the disk, the number of interupts recieved, and the number of context switches.\
 The load average numbers give the number of jobs in the run queue  averaged over 1, 5 and 15 minutes, all other fields are appropriatly labelled. \
 The **[rpc.rstatd(8)](/rpc.rstatd/8.md)** daemon must be running on the remote host  for this command to work.\
 **rsysinfo** uses an RPC protocol defined in /usr/include/rpcsvc/rstat.x

## COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

- **-v**

  prints the current version of rsysinfo and exits

-

  ## DIAGNOSTICS

- rsysinfo: RPC: Program not registered

  The **[rpc.rstatd(8)](/rpc.rstatd/8.md)** daemon has not been started on the remote host.

- rsysinfo: RPC: Timed out

  A communication error occurred.  Either the network is excessively  congested, or the **[rpc.rstatd(8)](/rpc.rstatd/8.md)** daemon has terminated on the  remote host.

- rsysinfo: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out

  The remote host is not running the portmapper (see **[rpc.rstatd(8)](/rpc.rstatd/8.md)**) and cannot accomodate any RPC-based services.  The host may be down.

## SEE ALSO

**[portmap(8)](/portmap/8.md)**, **[rpc.rstatd(8)](/rpc.rstatd/8.md)**, **[inetd(8)](/inetd/8.md)**

## HISTORY

The **rsysinfo** command written for **Linux**.

## AUTHOR

Adam Migus (amigus@cs.mun.ca)