Ah, the wacky world of unix, where less is more, top is bottom, and you're glad that the "man" is always telling you what to do.
On 5/17/05, Eric J. Pinnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think 'top' has ever been included in Solaris distros. > > I'm not surprised because Sun has always, with a certain degree of > accuracy, said that top could at times be up to 15% off certain > measurements. Besides, when you run top, what's usually at the top of the > list... 'top'. > > Sun's preferred method of getting system info is to use the kstat API.. > which prstat uses. It just asks the kernel about specific stats rather > than using standard system utilities to calculate certain perf stats. > > When I took a system performance class from Sun one of the first things > they said was to take top and throw it away. > > -=Eric > > On Tue, 17 May 2005, thorsten Sideb0ard wrote: > > > > > My Solaris 10 installations i have - two machines - none of them come with > > 'top'. Now i only downloaded the first two discs of the installation > > series, so i'm not sure if thats why, however, i was googling today to > > find out about it and came across a good article about prstat... > > > > http://developers.sun.com/solaris/articles/prstat.html > > > > and how prstat can be used to view all system activity, but even more > > detailed than top, such as drilling down into threads and processor > > groups. > > > > My question really is just one of interest, like if anyone knows some > > background on this, has top become deprecated? > > > > thanks, > > thor > > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------| > > Highpoint Lowlife Records > > http://www.highpointlowlife.com/ > > bitmapped indie-electronic goodness since '01 ------------------------| > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bits mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits > > > _______________________________________________ > Bits mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits > -- Why "re-invent the wheel?" Because this time we can make it rounder! _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [email protected] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
