Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:38:16 +0100 From: J65nko <j65nko@gmail.com> To: "Kelly Jones" <kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single command that outputs "system status"? Message-ID: <19861fba0701211838i213354efr83fca4443b2d6c8d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <26face530701211201j6dbfb184jfa158c8b6fddc114@mail.gmail.com> References: <26face530701211201j6dbfb184jfa158c8b6fddc114@mail.gmail.com>
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On 1/21/07, Kelly Jones <kelly.terry.jones@gmail.com> wrote: > It's easy to write a shell script that dumps/mails the output of > several "status" commands (eg, "df -k", "crontab -l", "ps -aux -www", > "top -n -d 1 infinity", "w -d", "mailq -v", "netstat -a", "vmstat", > etc) every hour, but I'm wondering if I'm re-inventing the wheel. > > Is there a FreeBSD command that reports "system status", either an > existing shell script that does the above, or something that talks to > the kernel at a lower level and reports all relevant values? > > I know about /etc/periodic/*/*status*, but this seems both excessive > in places (I don't really need rejected email info, for example) and > incomplete (I don't think it gives me all the information the commands > above do). > > I also know about mrtg, but that seems more geared toward graphing > and storing historical information and seems limited as well. > > I realize this question is ambiguous. I guess what I'm really asking > is: is there a FreeBSD tool *designed* to report system status on a > regular basis, that I could use as the basis of an hourly reporting > system, even if I had to add/tweak some stuff myself. > Although may be not exactly what you want http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31072 It could be a start ;)
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