Package: procps
Version: 1:3.2.8-9squeeze1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
From "man ..." ("groff -ww ..."):
<groff: vmstat.8>:113: warning: missing number
Space adjusted
Long line put on more lines.
".br" instead of ".nf" if long lines need to be wrapt around
Patch:
--- vmstat.8 2012-05-27 00:31:12.000000000 +0000
+++ vmstat.8.new 2012-05-27 00:43:24.000000000 +0000
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
.PP
The \fB\-f\fP switch displays the number of forks since boot.
This includes the fork, vfork, and clone system calls, and is
-equivalent to the total number of tasks created. Each process
+equivalent to the total number of tasks created. Each process
is represented by one or more tasks, depending on thread usage.
This display does not repeat.
.PP
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
The \fB\-n\fP switch causes the header to be displayed only once rather than
periodically.
.PP
The \fB\-s\fP switch displays a table of various event counters
-and memory statistics. This display does not repeat.
+and memory statistics. This display does not repeat.
.PP
.I delay
is the delay between updates in seconds. If no delay is specified,
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@
The \fB\-p\fP followed by some partition name for detailed statistics (2.5.70
or above required)
.PP
The \fB\-S\fP followed by k or K or m or M switches changes the units of
-ouput from bytes to outputs between 1000, 1024, 1000000, or 1048576 bytes.
Note this does not change the swap (si/so) or block (bi/bo) fields.
+output from bytes to outputs between 1000, 1024, 1000000, or
+1048576 bytes. Note this does not change the swap (si/so) or
+block (bi/bo) fields.
.PP
The \fB\-V\fP switch results in displaying version information.
.PP
@@ -76,7 +78,7 @@
.SS
.B "Procs"
.nf
-r: The number of processes waiting for run time.
+r: The number of processes waiting for run time.
b: The number of processes in uninterruptible sleep.
.fi
.PP
@@ -87,8 +89,8 @@
free: the amount of idle memory.
buff: the amount of memory used as buffers.
cache: the amount of memory used as cache.
-inact: the amount of inactive memory. (\-a option)
-active: the amount of active memory. (\-a option)
+inact: the amount of inactive memory. (\-a option)
+active: the amount of active memory. (\-a option)
.fi
.PP
.SS
@@ -110,24 +112,24 @@
.nf
in: The number of interrupts per second, including the clock.
cs: The number of context switches per second.
-.if
+.fi
.PP
.SS
.B "CPU "
These are percentages of total CPU time.
.nf
-us: Time spent running non\-kernel code. (user time, including nice time)
-sy: Time spent running kernel code. (system time)
-id: Time spent idle. Prior to Linux 2.5.41, this includes IO\-wait time.
-wa: Time spent waiting for IO. Prior to Linux 2.5.41, included in idle.
-st: Time stolen from a virtual machine. Prior to Linux 2.6.11, unknown.
+us: Time spent running non\-kernel code. (user time, including nice time)
+sy: Time spent running kernel code. (system time)
+id: Time spent idle. Prior to Linux 2.5.41, this includes IO\-wait time.
+wa: Time spent waiting for IO. Prior to Linux 2.5.41, included in idle.
+st: Time stolen from a virtual machine. Prior to Linux 2.6.11, unknown.
.PP
-.SH FIELD DESCRIPTION FOR DISK MODE
+.SH FIELD DESCRIPTION FOR DISK MODE
.SS
.B "Reads"
.nf
-total: Total reads completed successfully
+total: Total reads completed successfully
merged: grouped reads (resulting in one I/O)
sectors: Sectors read successfully
ms: milliseconds spent reading
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@
.fi
.PP
-.SH FIELD DESCRIPTION FOR SLAB MODE
+.SH FIELD DESCRIPTION FOR SLAB MODE
.nf
cache: Cache name
num: Number of currently active objects
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@
.B "vmstat "
does not count itself as a running process.
.PP
-All linux blocks are currently 1024 bytes. Old kernels may report
+All linux blocks are currently 1024 bytes. Old kernels may report
blocks as 512 bytes, 2048 bytes, or 4096 bytes.
.PP
Since procps 3.1.9, vmstat lets you choose units (k, K, m, M) default is K
(1024 bytes) in the default mode
@@ -197,6 +199,6 @@
.SH BUGS
Does not tabulate the block io per device or count the number of system calls.
.SH AUTHORS
-.nf
-Written by Henry Ware <al...@yfn.ysu.edu>.
+Written by Henry Ware <al...@yfn.ysu.edu>.
+.br
Fabian Fr\('ed\('erick <ffreder...@users.sourceforge.net> (diskstat, slab,
partitions...)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.5
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500,
'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-45
Locale: LANG=is_IS, LC_CTYPE=is_IS (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages procps depends on:
ii initscripts 2.88dsf-13.1+squeeze1 scripts for initializing and shutt
ii libc6 2.11.3-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libncursesw5 5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii lsb-base 3.2-23.2squeeze1 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
Versions of packages procps recommends:
ii psmisc 22.11-1 utilities that use the proc file s
procps suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/sysctl.conf changed [not included]
-- no debconf information
--
Bjarni I. Gislason
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