Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 02:21:46 -0600 (CST) From: Paul Halliday <dp@penix.org> To: Patrick Thomas <root@utility.clubscholarship.com> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: how do I see the current number of PTYs in use ? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0203010213080.12404-100000@saruman.xwin.net> In-Reply-To: <20020228215541.T33309-100000@utility.clubscholarship.com>
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On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Patrick Thomas wrote:
>
> (asked on -questions and got no response, also did a `sysctl -a | grep
> pty` and only saw error messages)
>
> I am trying to troubleshoot something - the bad thing that is happening is
> that I try to create new `screen` windows and I get 'No more PTYs'. I
> know how to add more PTYs, etc., and I am not asking how to do that - I am
> simply asking:
>
> How do I, when I am told I have no more PTYs, know whether I just hit 32
> out of 32, or 128 out of 128, or what ? I want to know how many PTYs I
> have available, and how many are in use.
>
> How do I do that ?
ls /dev | grep pty | wc -l
who | awk '{print $2}' | grep p | wc -l
;P
Paul H.
"Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups"
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