NAME
si (System Information Viewer) - Version 1.0
SYNOPSYS
si [-h | -? | --help] [-f <file>] [-o smkfnp] [-p | --no-pager] [--dump | --data | --color | --ps | --html]
DESCRIPTION
si (System Information Viewer) is a Linux application that displays information about the local computer from data gathered from the /proc filesystem, a readable interface to kernel memory.
To run, si requires an operating system which supports and implements the /proc filesystem. The Linux kernel allows disabling the /proc filesystem, which would cause si to not function. si also requires a C compiler, and standard C libraries.
USAGE
Since version 0.5, si automatically pipes the output to less so manual piping to a pager is no longer required.
Version 0.6 added a command-line option to send output to a file, which can be used:
si -f mycomputer.info
One or more of the following arguments may be used with si
-h or -? will display usage information
-f <file> will send output to the file specified
-o when used with one or more of the following characters will display only the corresponding section:
s System Section (CPU information, IO-ports, interrupts...)
h Hardware Section (TTY, IDE, SCSI, sound drivers and devices...)
m Memory Section (total memory, used memory, virtual memory...)
k Kernel Section (kernel version, loaded modules, boot command line...)
f File-System Section (partitions, supported filesystems, mounts...)
n Network Section (host and domain name)
p Process Section (extensive information on all running processes)
-p will disable sending output to the pager
--dump will use dump output mode (default)
--color will use color output mode
--ps will use process view mode
--html will use HTML output mode
Since version 0.7 you may setup a default configuration file. This file may be named: '~/.si.conf' or '/etc/si.conf'. For more information on using this file, read the included 'si.conf'.
Version 0.8 adds multiple output modes. The standard output mode is referred to as the "dump output mode" and is default. There is a "color output mode" which uses ncurses to display colorized pages. The "process view mode" displays the colorized process information page also found in the color mode.
Version 0.9 adds a HTML output mode. When si is executed with the --html flag the information about the system is returned in HTML. Using this option, si can be used as a CGI program.
Version 1.0 adds a data dump output mode. This output mode, selected by the --data command line argument, displays the information collected by si without verbose formatting. The output could be parsed and used by another program which requires system information.
AUTHORS
Joe Turgeon - ([email protected])