slmon1

Usage

Overview

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

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CPU load (SMP is supported)

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network interfaces

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memory (including swap)

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uptime, date and time

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number of logged in users

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mounted filesystems

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processes

SLmon uses glibtop version >= 2 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).

Starting with 0.5.13 Glib library is needed.

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