On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:52:20 +0200 Zbigniew Szalbot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:44:33 +0300, Nikos Vassiliadis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Wednesday 25 July 2007 20:50, Momchil Ivanov wrote: > >> Ðа Wednesday 25 July 2007 19:38:41 Zbigniew Szalbot напиÑа: > >> > Dear all, > >> > > >> > Is there a tool similar to top which would measure system load and > >> > write it to a file that could later be analyzed? The time when my > >> > system is most loaded happens between 3 and 5 a.m. so a trace of the > >> > system load would be a wonderful thing to have. I need it to tailor > >> > some of the jobs accordingly. Any advice? > >> > > >> > Thanks in advance! > >> > >> You can make a cronjob doing "uptime >> /path/to/logfile" every minute > > > > Or perhaps "sysctl -n vm.loadavg" instead of uptime, > > which is the same information, but requires less > > scrubbing. > > Thanks but that wouldn't record the time, would it? With uptime it is nice > to have the current time also recorded and I can compare logs to load by > time. paqi% /bin/echo `/bin/date` `/sbin/sysctl -n vm.loadavg` Fri Aug 3 00:33:13 EST 2007 { 0.04 0.11 0.09 } Cheers, Ian _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"