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ISAG(1) System Activity Grapher ISAG(1)

NAME

isag - Interactive System Activity Grapher

SYNOPSIS

isag [-p datafiles_path] [-c config_file] [-ght gr_height] [-gwd gr_width]

DESCRIPTION

The isag command graphically displays the system activity data stored in a binary data file by a previous sar run. The isag command invokes sar to extract the data to be plotted.

The data are processed using sar command and slightly transformed to tabular format, and then this format is visualized using gnuplot program.

OPTIONS

Specify the pathname where are located the daily data files. Default path is: /var/log/sysstat
Specify the configuration file used by the isag command. The contents of this file may depend on isag version number. Default config file is: $HOME/.isag.cfg.
Specify the height of the chart area. Default value is: 400.
Specify the width of the chart area. Default value is: 720.

CONFIG FILE

As mentioned above there is a config file. There are stored following values:


It seems useful, because new run doesn't need new settings to obtain same scale.

PREREQUSITIES

Here is list of prerequsities including versioning and built-in features.

Version 8.0 or newer.
Gnuplot must have a tkcanvas display.

AUTHOR

D. Doubrava 2000, 2002 e-mail: linux_monitor(at)volny(dot)cz

HTTP Site: http://www.volny.cz/linux_monitor/isag/index.html

SEE ALSO

sar (1), sadc (8).

0.81.0 3rd Berkeley Distribution