On 2017/02/28 07:39, Christian Barthel wrote: > Mike Larkin <mlar...@azathoth.net> writes: > > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 08:16:18PM +0100, Christian Barthel wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've added the 'vmctl status' view to systat(1). I am not sure if this > >> is of general interest. > >> > >> Any opinions about it? > > > > I don't know what to think about systat using imsg to talk to other > > daemons. > > > > Is there a reason vmctl's current output isn't sufficient for this > > purpose? > > Thanks for your answer! > I thought it might be useful to see that output under the hood of > systat (printing various system statistics). But I agree with you, it > adds some complexity, is not strictly necessary because same > functionality is there with vmctl/while loop and even worse, the code is > very similar to that of vmctl.
There are a few other daemons where this type of constantly updating display is sometimes of interest (bgpd, ospfd etc) but reaching around from systat into all of them seems a high maintenance approach. Can I interest you in running it under iwatch from packages instead?
